She loved. She lost. She found.

She loved. She lost. She found.

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

Set against the backdrop of the execution of Ted Bundy in 1989, the story centers around a 16-year-old girl named Lauryn who makes a little extra money by taking and selling Polaroids of the people who are camped out near the prison, celebrating the execution.

The lives of a French theater director, her ex-boyfriend, and the two actors playing them intersect dramatically.

While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft-dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests. As Philippe makes his long journey home, he encounters various characters under the sway of a destructive madness borne of the chaotic times. His voyage, both violent and fascinating, is a hallucinatory initiation to the darker side of the American dream.

A photo plunges Joy into despair. Max convinces her to join him in getting a cosmetic procedure and then hiding away in Palm Springs over the holidays to convalesce. But their friendship changes.