Marco is keeping a big secret from his wife Libby and doesn't know how to tell her. But after three miscarriages, Marco has no choice. When he tells Libby that his culture believes anyone who marries outside his community is cursed to never have kids, she thinks he's lying. Libby takes him to an ex-boyfriend geneticist, Seymour, to help talk some sense into him. When Seymour accidentally discovers Marco's people might be special from a scientific perspective, he offers to help them overcome...

Deep in the woods of Maine, a broken promise made after the September 11th attacks forces two friends to confront the teenagers they were and the men they've become.