Shaul (Ori Pfeffer) is a melancholic dreamer, with a tendency to run whenever things go wrong. In A Strange Course of Events he returns to his hometown of Haifa for a reckoning with the father he has not seen in five years. But getting along with a hippie mother-in-law with a penchant for New Age philosophy, a daughter on the verge of adolescence, and a father who s been converted to the healing powers of yoga is not easy. After a fateful slip, Shaul will find his place as a son and a father.