A deeply selfish, newly wealthy patriarch uses his vast fortune to manipulate, control, and torment his two daughters. One daughter blindly panders to his ego, while the other refuses to bow to his tyrannical whims, setting off a bitter struggle for the inheritance. As his health fails, the poisonous atmosphere in the household reaches toxic levels of greed and resentment. The ultimate disposition of his wealth brings shocking twists that defy all expectations. It is a searing, unsentimental portrait of a family destroyed by money and monstrous egotism.