丹尼是个冷漠的美国摄影师,而克丽丝来自东欧,这个脆弱的女人经常会突然陷入情绪低落,表现出古怪行为。他们两人完全无法进行语言交流,丹尼只会说英语,克丽丝只能说法语。性是他们唯一的交流手段。他们为相互之间所激发的强烈性欲而难分难舍,特别是克丽丝,总是极端饥渴,几乎疯狂地追求性爱。或许只有用性才能使他们每天都几近崩溃的关系得到愈合,他们总是为鸡毛蒜皮的小事发生争吵,而在这时候他们就会为语言不通而备受折磨。 为了创作,丹尼带着克丽丝从洛杉矶前往29片棕榈叶小镇和约舒亚国家森林公园,开着车一路寻找最合适的创作地点。他们在车上过了四天四夜,在荒芜的庞大沙漠中失去了方向,通过不断的做爱、吵架、亲吻、闲聊等生活琐碎来消磨时间,直到某件恐怖、病态的意外结束了这一切。Can you trust anyone? A corrupt judge is about to rule against the expansion of an Indian casino in the Mohave and needs cover: he tells the tribe's chief that the FBI has an undercover agent on the judge's staff, so the expansion must be on hold. The chief hires a hit man to kill the law clerk. The clerk makes a run for it and manages through a series of botched thefts to end up with the bag of money meant for the hit man. A corrupt cop, a degenerate security guard, a hapless bus station clerk, a scheming waitress, and the hit man himself all want the bag - and the chief and the judge want the clerk dead. Is there any way he gets out of the desert alive?