The film focuses on an aging actress (Binoche) who is set to star in a remake of the film that launched her career... with a slight twist. Instead of the ingénue role, she plays the role of a "has been". She is is horrified to learn that the role that made her a star, is being re-done by an up and coming actress (Moretz). Plagued by visions of her past, she sets off with her assistant (Stewart) to the Swiss town of Sils Maria.
