The Gift

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.

โรเจอร์ กรีนเบิร์ก หนุ่มโสดวัยย่างสี่สิบ อาศัยช่วงเวลาที่ต้องมาเฝ้าบ้านให้กับพี่ชายที่แสนจะสมบูรณ์แบบและ พี่สะใภ้ วัยกระเตาะเป็นเวลา 6 สัปดาห์ ในการค้นหาคำตอบของชีวิตตนเองในลอสแองเจลลีส โดยมีฟลอเรนซ์ ผู้ช่วยส่วนตัวของพี่ชายเป็นผู้ร่วมค้นหาคำตอบไปพร้อมกัน กรีนเบิร์กก็ค้นพบเหตุผลที่แท้จริงที่จะทำให้เขามีความสุขได้หรือไม่ นั่นคงเป็นคำถามที่เขาต้องหาคำตอบให้ได้ด้วยตัวเองเท่านั้น

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.