Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to take care of Johnny, a sickly, mute child with severe allergies. His mother, Rebecca, is an author and his father, Jacob, is a carpenter.

In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.

A college girl romping through New York City in search of cocaine and other highs finds something real to grasp, only to see it potentially slip away.

Taking a chance to escape the tedium of suburban LA, a 16-year-old sinks his teeth into the circus life with a community of intriguing outcasts.