In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.
After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.
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Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.
