Irresistible

Sophie hurries back from picking up the kids after realizing she forgot to switch off the iron. She finds the iron still hot but apparently switched off, and the house feels unsettled as she checks every room. Later that afternoon, she senses a presence in the house but shrugs it off, chalking it up to paranoia. The quiet domestic routine begins to fray at the edges.

During a party with her husband Craig, Sophie meets Mara and they later walk along the beach. Mara offers Sophie genuine sympathy as they talk about loss. She recounts how Kate, Sophie’s friend who cared for orphans, died in Kosovo after a Molotov cocktail hit the orphanage and Kate burned to save the babies. The tale unsettles Sophie and raises questions about Mara's past.

Over the following weeks, items vanish from the house—Sophie’s dress and Elly’s toy disappear. A painting in her studio is found destroyed, which she chalks up to a cat knocking over an inkwell. A swarm of wasps appears from an ornament, deepening Sophie’s sense that someone is targeting her. When she sees Mara wearing the missing dress, she begins to suspect Mara and breaks into Mara's apartment to gather proof, only to be caught and served with a restraining order; Craig refuses to back her in court.

She retreats to a friend's cabin to clear her mind. In a later conversation with her father, Sophie learns she became pregnant at 18 and surrendered the baby to an orphanage, against her wishes. The revelation reframes her guilt and fuels her suspicions about Mara and her own past.

Returning home, Sophie finds the family cat missing and grows convinced Mara is behind it. She breaks into Mara's house again and hides in the basement, where she discovers Elly’s toy and family photos with Elly’s face cut out, along with a birth certificate and an adoption agency letter addressed to Mara. The documents push Sophie toward the belief that Mara was the baby Sophie gave up, tying Mara to her longest-held secret.

At the office, Mara tries to seduce Craig, but a phone call from the school interrupts their moment. Mara offers to fetch the kids and takes them back to her house, where Sophie is trying to escape via the air ducts. The chase intensifies as Sophie is pursued through the house while Mara closes in.

In the basement, Sophie confronts Mara after revealing she knows Mara is her mother and apologizes for giving her up. Mara strikes Sophie and smashes a bottle, dropping a lit match that starts a basement fire. The two fight as flames rise, and Sophie helps Mara escape the burning house.

After the fire, Craig receives the contents of Sophie’s pockets, including the birth certificate and the adoption letter. He tells Sophie he knows about Mara and they decide to try to make their relationship work. Sophie begins to process the truth while still recovering.

Sophie visits Mara in hospital and tells her she was brave to try to meet her; she asks for forgiveness. The two share a quiet, emotional moment and Mara weeps as Sophie asserts a real mother-daughter bond. They embrace, hinting at a complicated but genuine connection.

Back at home, Mara pores over old clippings and photos of Kate, noticing the resemblance Kate has to Sophie. A Kosovo-era photo shows Kate growing up to resemble Sophie, revealing that Kate is Sophie's daughter. The revelation links Mara to a deeper family history and reframes the earlier clues.

A conclusive turn confirms Kate is Sophie’s daughter, explaining the eerie likenesses and the long-buried connections between Mara, Kate, and Sophie. The past finally aligns with the present as Sophie contends with the truth about her child.

Mara continues to guard her own mother-daughter fantasy by reshaping family photos; she cuts Ruby’s face from a portrait and replaces it with her own, while a scrapbook bears the caption 'Mother and Me.' The image underscores how obsession blurs lines between love and possession.