Josh Hutton hitches a lift back to his hometown, a small community in Long Island. Dressed all in black, refusing drinks and exuding a sombreness tinged with serenity, more than one person takes him for a priest.
But the facts about his past – which may not even be known entirely to him – prove to be one of many unbelievable truths courted by this beguiling melodrama.
Gathering around a small cast of characters affected by Josh’s return – the car mechanic who hires him, and his daughter; an old flame; her boyfriend; a waitress who bears more than a passing resemblance to Carm from The Sopranos – Hal Hartley’s film is a study of small-town paranoia and the persistent absurdity of everyday life.
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