As they prepare to become parents, Andrei and his girlfriend are both looking for role models they never had in their own lives. (Andrei's father left long ago to become a monk on Mt. Athos, in Greece.) Holy Father presents a story of reconciliation, taking care of unfinished business, parenthood, and healing from wounds from growing up in a broken family. The pair are intent on rewriting their history and breaking the pattern to make sure their traumas aren't passed to their children.