In a world filled with hustlers and black marketers, Shlykov, a hard-working, anti-semitic taxi driver, is pushed over the edge when Lyosha, a Jewish saxophonist who personifies everything he despises, stiffs him for a fare. Shlykov tracks the irresponsible musician down and the two form a bizarre love-hate relationship. At first, class and race division make friendship for these two nearly impossible, until they both learn they aren't so different...

Eli, a Washington, D.C. storeowner, is inadvertently shot by the young son of a taxi cab driver. In a panic, his mom kidnaps the wounded Eli and flees to her hometown of Waterproof, Louisiana. Arriving at the home of her estranged family, its not long before a dark childhood secret is revealed. An emotionally-charged, faith-based story that focuses on the interaction of a stranger and a family torn apart by a long-buried secret.