In 19th century Ireland, strong, confident Englishwoman Agnes McDonnell (Greta Scacchi) owns a large estate. She meets and is taken with younger, strong-willed James Lynchehaun (Daniel Craig), whom she hires to be the manger of the estate. Despite their class differences, they embark on an affair that continues until his true, fiendish character reveals itself. A tale of passion and violence in the Victorian era, LOVE & RAGE is based on the novel by James Carney.