This is a story about five people. Or five stories about one thing. It takes place in the contemporary gap between small talk and lies: a journalist tries to interview a successful child actor who has become a failed thief; a loyal employee misses their medication and experiences a moment of clarity; an actor gives a stranger’s speech at a wedding.

Small Comfort examines the value of people and money. Who do we become when we win? What is the cost of a marriage when the inheritance is at stake? And what is the real difference between small talk and lies?