Lily Poe lives an idyllic life spent in the company of her dog Mavis, mostly among the flowers in her backyard. She enjoys the periodic visits of her cross-dressing neighbor, British professor Artemis Love, although thinks he talks incessantly about his lackluster students and the questionable morals of Dickens. Soon Lily's romantic notion life can remain perfect lived in the beauty of her backyard is brought into question when Calvin, a handsome...