The film "August: Osage County" follows the Weston family as they reunite at their Midwest home after the patriarch's sudden disappearance. Meryl Streep stars as Violet Weston, a mother struggling with addiction and a dark past, while Julia Roberts plays her daughter Barbara, who returns from Colorado with her own set of secrets and struggles. The complex web of relationships within the family is exposed through a series of intense confrontations and revelations, ultimately leaving the women to come to terms with their troubled history.