A magazine editor's life and career simultaneously begin to unravel after she takes on a new assistant with secret motives of his own.

Two strangers feel a supernatural connection after being involved in the same accident.

影片改编自菲利普·罗斯2008年出版的同名小说，故事围绕上世纪50年代美国一名犹太裔男青年马科斯·梅思纳的苦闷与彷徨展开。