When Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), a soldier returning from the war, disembarks the train at Fairfax, Oklahoma, what he sees is society that is topsy-turvy - unlike any other in North America. Native Indians, known as the Osage, adorned in Pendleton blankets and pearl jewellery, are attended to by a gaggle of chauffeurs, servants and tradesmen - all of them white. The year is 1919 - a little over two decades since oil was discovered on the reservation - and the Osages are the richest people in the world by per capita wealth. By the time Ernest arrives at the behest of his uncle, William....