A painter charms an elusive young woman while bicycling in Brooklyn.

Over mushroom barley soup and ketchup laden kasha two educators in a New York diner complain about being abused at school. When the conversation turns to Trump an opportunity for a history quiz arises.

New York City present day. Anna is a 21-year old dance major in college. She takes the train home after a day of dance class and babysitting. She falls asleep on the train and wakes up to a man holding her hands. He whispers something to her she does not want to hear. The film follows Anna for the next two days. She tries to go about her life but grapples with the haunting memory of the stranger from the train. The city acts as the cacophonous landscape in which Anna develops a new perspective, one where she finds herself both suffocated and free.

Two widows, one American and one Korean, frequent the same park in Philadelphia. Using only sign language, and as the seasons pass, they tenaciously attempt to form a bond.