When 9 year old Daniel is killed in an act of domestic violence, his estranged best friend forms an unlikely friendship with a woman fifty years her senior who helps her come to terms with his death.
Seven-year-old Maggie desperately wants to get her elderly dog, Taco, a cake for his upcoming birthday. As her mother repeatedly refuses, Maggie learns her reason for not wanting to order one.
In 1981 New York City, estranged childhood sweethearts, Ken Harper and Emma Law, reunite on the first day of school at a prestigious acting academy. As their term goes on and they are forced into closer collaboration, old feelings re-emerge that pull them together again.
