A dark comedy exploring grief, resentment and dreadful family gatherings.

Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.

A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.