An ensemble film about four everyday people: a store manager, a security guard, a fire fighter and a clerk who struggle in the aftermath of trauma.

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever conceived, while he and his wife Emma confront family tragedy.

Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie’s life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie’s restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie’s daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.

Plans go awry when a disgraced boxer is hired to abduct a runaway crackhead by her family.