Movie Story : Set in 1840s England, the film follows Mary Anning, a palaeontologist, and Charlotte, a young woman sent to the seaside by her husband to recover. Though they come from very different social worlds and temperaments, the two find in each other what they have long been missing: the knowledge that they are not alone. Their bond grows into a passionate, all-consuming love affair that defies social convention and changes the course of both their lives.