On a visit to his old family farm in the Great Plains, a man recalls his tumultuous relationship with his now-deceased brother. In the process, he must reckon with the continued influence of familial trauma and confront his own ambiguous role in his brother's death.

In 1960s France, the U.S. ambassador and his wife travel to visit their newly remarried son in a remote village. He lashes out at his family, and begins to understand his failures as a parent and their effects on those whom he loves.