Young novelist Sigrid Anderssen (Melissa Leo) is plunged into a strange world of sleepy madness when she tries to fix her writer's block. To clear her mind she answers an ad in the newspaper placed by Red, a man who is driving cross-country and needs a partner. Along the way, they pick up Red's identical twin brother, Tom, and the three embark on a surreal journey, providing a new outlook on life for Sigrid and more writing material than she ever bargained for.