A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Navin R. Johnson, kõhetu valge noormees kasvatati üles vaeses mustanahaliste peres. Navin on tõeliselt naiivne idioot, kuid kui ta avastab, et on adopteeritud, otsustab ta 18-aastasena laia ilma peale minna. Tema retke saadavad juhused ja paljud kasutavad tema naiivsust ära, kuid lihtne leiutis toob talle õnne ja armastuse ja kuulsuse.
Grappling with the isolation of a recent glaucoma diagnosis, Eric Ellis embarks on a poignant journey to find human connection. Armed with a phone book, he reaches out to random strangers, desperate to forge meaningful bonds before the encroaching darkness separates him from the world forever.