Voltaire Colin Council

In the near future, a politician fresh off an electoral loss escapes to his family's summer lake house. His vacation is disrupted by the appearance of his first love, who has just returned from a 20-year space voyage and hasn't aged a day.

프랭크 블레드소와 18살 조카 베스는 가족의 장례식에 참석하기 위해 맨해튼에서 사우스캐롤라이나주 크릭빌로 자동차 여행을 떠난다. 이 여정에 프랭크의 연인 왈리드가 느닷없이 동행한다.