The year is 1912, aboard the glamorous ocean liner Titanic, the Winfields have a lot to celebrate. They toast the engagement of their daughter Edwina (Kelly Rutherford), and her sisters sixth birthday. As the glamorous night draws to an end, the family find themselves in their worst nightmare as the ill-fated ship crashes into an iceberg and slowly sinks. Edwina's life is torn apart as her fiance and her parents are lost.