When a middle-aged woman finds out that her deceased father, a prominent New York justice in the early 20th century, was cuckolded by her mother, the daughter reevaluates her father’s far-reaching influence on her life.

A physically disabled man lives secluded in an Essex lighthouse for over ten years, where he finds meaning in caring for birds on the beach. When a little girl stumbles upon his studio and brings him a wounded Canadian snow goose, he experiences a fulfilling human connection for the first time in his life.