Two stories being told parallel with each other, a couple's relationship falls apart over clear differences, while a Japanese musician loses his life due to mental health struggles.
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.