Shay is a young African-American college student whom is forced to take a year off from school to return to her hometown where she struggles with her anger and insecurity when she's forced to confront her alcoholic mother, Nona, whom is currently in AA and a churchgoer, over her entire childhood of abuse and neglect which Shay is both unwilling and unable to let go of.

A wife and mother, diagnosed with breast cancer, decides to truly live her life, which has become comfortable and predictable, and the family must adjust.

落魄爵士歌手迟迟走不出丧妻之痛，自此远离舞台，回到当初两人相遇的旅馆房间，终日沉溺在酒精与老电影中，等待一通不会再响起的电话。直到神秘女孩带着哭花的眼影闯了进来，把自己锁在浴室里，隔着一道墙，以及一首随性哼唱的小曲，两人逐渐敞开心房，生命也有了交集......