This road movie explores the nature of the bond between twins by focusing on a love affair between a man and a woman, each of whom has a twin brother.

Suicides, racial confrontations and chaos result when a selfish college editor prints photos of a student's suicide that the owner tried to suppress.

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

A restaurant owner falls in love with an opera singer and, desperate to impress her, travels to Italy to learn how to sing.