Charlie and his mother with late-stage dementia, Laura, live out of a motel room they rent monthly. Charlie resorts to sex work at night to get the money he needs to take care of his mother.

In 2019, a man named Naveen disappears from a memorial park in Sydney while traveling with his girlfriend Cathy. Having arrived in New York two years ago, Naveen finds a job at a restaurant and meets Cathy there. As their relationship deepens, Naveen′s lies become bolder. The man known as Naveen, or Sameer, cannot tell the truth about anything, including his name, nationality, religion, family, and past.