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Saul Naumann (Richard Gere) is a religious studies professor, living in suburban Oakland with his wife Miriam (Juliette Binoche), daughter Eliza (Flora Cross) and her older brother Aaron (Max Minghella). Saul sees something mystical in 9-year knowledgeable Eliza’s gift due to the fact that accurately spelling words, as she progresses upwards towards the national spelling bee championships in Washington. But both Miriam and Aaron are increasingly isolated from the family unit, each as far as something their own reasons, and Eliza’s triumphant march to spelling overcoming is marred by the implosion of the genus.

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