J. Kathryn Landholt

クリスマス間近のロサンゼルス。黒人２人組に車を盗まれた地方検事のリック夫妻。白人警官のライアンはパトロール中、裕福な黒人夫婦に屈辱を味わわせた。ペルシャ人の雑貨店主ファハドは、ドアの修理に来た黒人ダニエルと口論になる。やがて、彼らの人生は思いがけない形で交錯する。

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.

An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.