First half of the 20th century. Joseph Freyman, the international respected star architect, is the patriarch of his bustling New York family. His wife Eleonora, n e Alvarez de C rdoba, and the rest of the family get deep into the swirl of morbid liaisons. John Freyman, the couple's first son, accused of homicide, can only escape being arrested by fleeing the city. A sleepy nest in West Virginia becomes his long-term, but in the end deadly sanctuary...