An artist sits in his London studio, drawing roses.

Unbeknown to each other, six women from all over the world have each commissioned him to draw a rose for a friend in crisis:

There's Betsy, from the American heartlands, whose stubborn refusal to face reality means that she's about to lose her beloved farm;

Amala, a beautiful Indian bank executive whose emotional bankruptcy has taken her to the brink of despair;

Miriam, a widow in South Africa, whose inability to stand up for herself means that she’s unable to recognize her own sexuality…

Lola, an Argentinian in self-imposed romantic exile in Spain who’s about to miss the opportunity of being reunited with her one great love;

Gisella, a young Italian housewife, who prefers the elaborate life of her daydreams to returning to the job which she dreads;

...and Kate, in a state of deep depression after being forced to return to Australia when a love affair in England went sour...

As the drawing of their rose evolves, however, so do the women’s lives begin to be transformed, because that’s the Rose Artist's talent: he’s able to tune in to the essence of a woman, her essential ‘her’.

And deliver her, a portrait of herself, through a rose.