Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Cast:Sarah Gadon , Edward Holcroft , Rebecca Liddiard , Zachary Levi , Kerr Logan , David Cronenberg , Paul Gross , Anna Paquin , Sarah Manninen , Stephen Joffe , John Tench , Jonathan Koensgen , Alice Snaden , Elizabeth Saunders , Martha Burns , Will Bowes , Jonathan Goad , Mag Ruffman
Convicted murderer Grace Marks claims she has no memory of the events surrounding the murder.
Grace, forced out onto the streets of Toronto by her father to search for work, secures a position as a maid in the Parkinson household. She forms a friendship with another servant, the free-spirited Mary Whitney.
Mary Whitney, pregnant by the elder Parkinson son, dies after a botched abortion. Grace accepts a new position at the Kinnear household in Richmond Hill.
Tensions rise at Richmond Hill, sparked by the surly and rebellious handyman McDermott. Grace realises that the housekeeper, Nancy Henderson, is the mistress of the charming but imperious Kinnear, and is showing all the signs of being pregnant.
Dr. Jordan brings Grace's account to the day of the murder. Although there are gaps in her memory, she describes how McDermott kills Nancy Montgomery and dismembers her body, then shoots Kinnear, presuming that Grace will fall into the role of his accomplice.
In 1859, Simon joins the Union Army; Grace gets some unexpected news in 1872.