Alice and Tommy are newlywed photographers whose love and faith are tested when Tommy embarks on a nude photography project. In response, Alice chooses to pose for another photographer, setting off a series of events that forces them to confront their deepest desires and insecurities.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Benjamin Eaton brings his upper-class bride, Alice, to live in California. She is thrown into the rough life of Los Angeles, with its lawlessness and other dangers. The devastating drought of 1862 tries Ben and Alice's pioneer spirit, and forms the background of...