"You two are like pieces of white bread. You can get away with anything in this country."
"Nicky leads a congregation that accepts queerness among its clergy only if they are 'nonpracticing,' obliging him to keep his boyfriend a secret."
"Morgan has returned to their home town in suburban New Jersey after a failed stint as an actress in New York and fallen back into a relationship with her high-school boyfriend."
"With such limited tutelage, they don't exactly become criminal masterminds—but after a while they begin to wonder what a bit of transgression could yield for them, too."
Nicky Dardano, a quasi-closeted pastor, and his sister Morgan, an elementary-school teacher, face existential paralysis in their lives. After Morgan steals a necklace from a gangster's shop, they are kidnapped by Yusuf, who forces them into odd jobs to repay the theft. Their middle-class respectability hides deeper issues, as Nicky struggles with his sexuality and Morgan returns home after a failed acting career. The siblings begin to question the potential benefits of their forced transgressions while navigating the absurdity of their situation.
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