Pinny Grylls's First Cut film follows Neil Clarke's attempt to discover whether or not it is possible to remember something that happened before birth. Clarke is sceptical about past life regression, but under hypnosis he begins to recount the heartbreaking story of a 19th-century landowner called Hawksworth, who loses his wife, his money and his freedom when he commits manslaughter. Clarke's wife believes that these memories could have something to do with an experience from his past that he has never dealt with. Prompted by his experiences under hypnosis, Clarke sets out to find out if Hawksworth really existed.