A man in a failing marriage embarks on yet another love affair with a married woman, teaching him about his own sexual escapist tendencies.

After a young girl dies trying to escape from her kidnapper, the witnesses who saw the girl in a Waffle House minutes before her death reckon with their inaction.

A young boy struggles to prevent his grief-stricken best friend from spiraling into self-destruction and swimming across a dangerous river.

A teacher in Washington tries to comfort one of his students—an orphan who is dying from a chronic disease—opting to be her guardian for the summer even in the face of her looming, imminent death.