拉里·戈普尼克（迈克尔·斯图巴 Michael Stuhlbarg 饰）是美国明尼苏达州双城区某大学的物理教授，学校正决定是否颁发给他终身教授资格时，一位韩国学生向拉里抱怨考试评分不公，遭拒绝后则向拉里行贿。与此同时，拉里的妻子朱迪斯（莎瑞·莱尼克 Sari Lennick 饰）说她爱上了鳏夫塞·艾伯曼（弗雷德·迈拉麦德 Fred Melamed 饰），要求离婚。不仅如此，拉里的无业神经质哥哥亚瑟（理查德·坎德 Richard Kind 饰）越来越成为负担，儿子的犹太成人礼在即，女儿偷钱准备为鼻子做整容手术，而一封匿名信更是要将他的前程毁掉。焦头烂额的拉里求助于多位犹太牧师拉比，但信仰便能帮他走出困境吗？...
A well-known Neapolitan writer returns to their hometown after a long absence and encounters an old friend known as Caracas. Caracas, once a neo-fascist skinhead, is now converting to Islam....
Lazareth follows Lee (Ashley Judd), an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence....
