Based on a true story set in 1998. Brooklyn Hasidic Jew Sam Gold (Eisenberg) suffers a crisis of faith about the life his family has planned for him. Instead, Sam is persuaded by neighbor Yosef (Bartha) to transport medicine from Amsterdam to New York. The medicine turns out to be ecstasy pills and Sam uses his business acumen to temporarily find a more exciting double life until community suspicions are raised.