Maggie (Greta Gerwig), a young woman longing to start a family, becomes involved in a complicated love triangle with a struggling novelist named John (Ethan Hawke) and his haughty theorist wife Georgette (Julianne Moore). After a period of flirtation, John and Maggie fall in love and have a baby together, but their new life still leaves her unfulfilled. Maggie's Plan received its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.