Plot
Brothers Steven and Martin Ward live in a Cornish fishing village whose economy has become increasingly reliant on tourism. Steven has inherited their late father’s boat and uses it for tourist trips, a point of contention with Martin, who struggles to make a traditional way of life fishing and selling his catch door-to-door. The brothers have sold their childhood home to Tim and Sandra Leigh, a well-to-do couple from out of town who rent the home to vacationers.
The Leighs’ daughter Katie and Steven’s son Neil begin flirting, which offends Katie’s class-conscious brother Hugo. Martin has a tense relationship with the Leighs, offended by the “modern” renovations they have made to the home and the twee nautical-themed decor, which Martin feels makes a mockery of the village’s traditional fishing ways and his hard work. Tensions come to a head when Martin’s truck is booted in front of the house. He tries to remove it with help from Wenna, a free-spirited barmaid at the local pub, but when Tim confronts them, Wenna headbutts him and spends the night in jail.
On advice from a mysterious, ghostly fisherman who appears periodically throughout the film, Martin tries fishing for lobster in a local gully. He succeeds, but his catch is stolen by Hugo, who brings the lobster home for his family to eat. Later that night, Martin confronts Hugo at the pub and makes him mend the lobster trap in front of all the other patrons. A guilty Sandra comes to Martin’s home, enters and slips money into his savings tin as he watches silently from afar.
While stealing more lobster traps, Hugo is confronted by Neil and Katie, who have just spent the night together. When Hugo insults them, a physical altercation with Neil ensues, which ends in Neil accidentally falling to his death. Following the tragedy and after seeing what the Leighs have done to the family home, Steven returns to fishing with Martin and Wenna as his crew. As they set out, Martin sees Neil’s spirit looking on.
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