The same summer that brings a man to the moon and free love to a small farm near Woodstock, N.Y., shakes up the safe, happy life of vacationing housewife Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane), who takes up with a mysterious traveling salesman (Viggo Mortensen). Pearl is swept up in the passion of newfound love. But as her husband discovers her infidelity, she must choose between the life she's always known and a future with no limits.