In the fading grandeur of a Southern girls’ boarding school during the Civil War, a sheltered world of feminine propriety is shattered by the arrival of a wounded enemy soldier. Directed by Sofia Coppola, this simmering drama finds headmistress Nicole Kidman and her teachers, including the repressed Kirsten Dunst, reluctantly offering refuge to the charismatic Union corporal played by Colin Farrell. His presence ignites a quiet but fierce competition among the women and curious students like Elle Fanning, as long-suppressed desires and rivalries surface under one roof. As the soldier recuperates, the delicate dynamics of the household shift from hospitality to dangerous obsession, blurring the lines between compassion, manipulation, and survival. Coppola crafts a tense, atmospheric tale of psychosexual intrigue where the greatest threats are not from the distant battlefield, but from within the gilded cage of the mansion itself.