During a lonely summer, 16-year-old Ama watches her parents grow distant. After a night with Sam, a lifeguard, she meets a ghostly woman who reveals hidden family truths.
Following four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude. As ambition, addiction, and pride threaten to pull the group apart, they always find themselves bound by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his past. But when those secrets come to light, they finally learn that to know Jude St Francis is to understand the limitless potential of love in the face of life.