在一位知名导演的工作室里，女演员们正在试镜《一千零一夜》中 Scheherazade（舍赫拉查德）的角色。但这些女性逐渐意识到，导演的意图不仅仅是选出主角这么简单。

一个男人梦见一盒金币在洞穴尽头等着他，由于他的宗教信仰不允许他自己去追求，于是请了一个非信徒帮忙。他们一起踏上穿越伊朗大地的漫长旅程，追寻奇迹，而他们的寻宝活动对沿途遇到的人来说也很有吸引力。

Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ‘They’ and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty. After two years of medication and therapy, J has to make a decision whether or not to transition. Over this crucial weekend while their parents are away, J’s sister Lauren and her maybe/maybe-not Iranian partner Araz arrive to take care of ‘They.'