Jar of Fools

Scheming to attain a better life for his daughter Claire, a small-time con man named Nathan Lender coerces unemplyed magician Ernie Weiss into teaching her magic. Along for the ride is Al Flasso, Ernie's aging mentor, whose flight from a nursing home forces all four into living out of Narthan's car in the cavernous space beneath a freeway. As Claire's tutelage progresses and tension mounts between Nathan and Al, Ernie becomes increasingly obsessed with his brother's possible suicide. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure draws nearer by the moment bearing with it either new hope, more trouble, or both.