Based on the biography "An Unquiet Life", it tells the ups and downs of the marriage between the famous Hollywood movie star Patricia Neal and her husband, the British writer Roald Dahl (author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"). Keeley Hawes will play Patricia (38 years old) in 1962, when she lived in the British countryside with her husband Dahl. The originally peaceful life was soon broken by a series of accidents and great changes.