Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her residents' stories. After bonding with Helene, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Helene to relive her memories of love and war, Helene encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her...

It is the near future. The world is highly information intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still survive. On the edge of Asia, in a strange corporate conglomerate state called "Japan," cyborg agent, Motoko Kusanagi and Public Security Section 9 are charged with tracking down the most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers"...