In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.

In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.

HERE LIES is a film about filmmaking and the struggles involved in the creative process: artistic, technical, financial and personal.