Concerned parents Gus and Cheyenne intervene to protect their young son, Marcus, when he is headed down a very dark path. But as their boy begins to improve and even thrive, their marriage disintegrates. Facing impending unemployment Gus descends into loneliness, isolation, and paranoia as he struggles to make sense of his life’s final act.

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It's Christmas time in southern Florida. Dominic Duluth lives alone, with only his dog's remains to talk to. His son Jedi has not been home for seven years but is now in big trouble at a local park just down the street. An angry plumber (and father of a young girl) is holding Jedi for the police, after roughing him up a bit. A distracted police officer named Maureen arrives on the scene to sort it all out, to decide who needs to go to jail. Merry Christmas everyone!

Knight is an Army Reserve Soldier well past his prime. He is sent to a desolate base in Wisconsin for a month of annual training. But upon reporting Knight fails his Army 'fat test'. Now he must lose some weight quickly or else lose his rank and be sent home. While brooding and drinking in his motel room he meets an Iraqi native, Ahmad, who is the motel maintenance man (at least that’s what his uniform says). Ahmad doesn’t seem to know how to fix anything, much less the broken heat in Knight’s room. These two men will try to make sense of why they’ve been brought together, discuss some painful questions about the past, and ultimately try to muster the strength to march on and repair their broken lives.