Father Fred, a hashish-smoking monk, Father john, a sex-obsessed priest, and Sister Eliza, a nun who has lost her faith, are sent by the Bishop of Brussels on a road trip to St Patrick's Purgatory in North West Ireland.
Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.