"Sooner or later a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real." An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

"Sometimes a hero comes from the most unlikely place." Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.

Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen...

"cocktails first. questions later." Wannabe actors become regulars in the stylish neo-lounge scene; Trent teaches his friend Mike the unwritten rules of the scene.

"A homespun murder story." Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.