Overview
Bri, a schoolteacher, and his wife, Sheila, have a ten-year-old child named Josephine who has cerebral palsy. Joe is non-verbal, completely helpless and utterly dependent. Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm. Sheila, believing the child is her penance for a promiscuous past, soldiers on devotedly with their little “Joe Egg.” Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, including everything from adoption to euthanasia, but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue, leaving Sheila and Joe behind.