The year is 1960. In a darkroom, two men are developing a series of negatives of aspiring young models. But one of the prints is not what they expect. There is something odd about it. Something strange and luminous. The two friends become increasingly obsessed with what this photograph may reveal. One dives into the world of fashion, determined to photograph Marilyn Monroe, while the other becomes involved with the girl in the photograph, on the run from the power of her own beautiful image.