Patricia Pearson, retired doyenne of the New York stage, finds her routine morning dog walk turn into something far more profound. A series of chance encounters forces her to confront a painful personal loss, and with it the beauty and transience of life itself.

Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.