A mother reflects on her past struggles with addiction.

A bipolar doctor returns to the West Coast after an extended period of practicing medicine in Africa. An unexpected hospital stay makes him remember an old promise he made to his sister.

A bipolar screenwriter in a New York City psych ward falls in love with a depressed Yugoslavian ballerina.

A young boy living in North Carolina watches his mentally suffering mother yearn for her husband to be home, though his job requires him to be out of town five days a week.