An academic who is dying from breast cancer and high on morphine reflects on her sense of failure in her lifelong pursuit of artistic brilliance. She decides her failing body has become her great work of art.

A soon-to-be groom worries about his father's health as the old, surly man reminisces about his past. He must come face the reality of his family situation while tending to his own personal matters.

An alcoholic man, out of work and out of luck, reflects on his choices, and the ways in which his poor character make him just like everyone else.