Nearing his 60th birthday, a movie producer discovers that he may have less than a year to live as a result of inoperable cancer. The effects of his disease take the toll on him and his distressed wife. However, his dysfunctional family are not told and their soap operaish life goes on. His son, a hasbeen actor, has to deal with a precocious daughter and a drugaddled exwife and sells AIDS patients insurance policies until he becomes attracted to one. His stepsister learns that her real father murdered her mother then committed suicide.