 He hits rock bottom when Adele leaves him for a new life in Berlin, taking their four-year-old daughter Olive with her.After the success of his production of "Death of a Salesman", Caden unexpectedly receives a MacArthur Fellowship, which gives him the financial means to pursue his artistic interests.He is determined to use it to create an artistic piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can pour his whole self.