M is the most esteemed professional of the many girls at Scarlet’s but, even on her birthday, it’s business as usual. M’s trade is sex, but sex doesn’t sell the way it used to; what clients are searching for, paying for, is love.

Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.