When Harry (James Caan), a former heart doctor and non-practicing Jew, unexpectedly chooses to retire as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, it causes a significant stir among his family and the local community. Meanwhile, in New York, his ex-wife Monica (Rosanna Arquette) is juggling the responsibilities of overseeing the lives of their grown children, Annabelle and David (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), along with her own affairs.