When a sociopathic hired hand murders an entire family, the town of Schafer, North Dakota, rises up to take justice into their own hands. Based on the true story of the infamous Charles Bannon case of 1931.

A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After multiple failures to impress her during their brief daily transactions, he finds her street address in the store's database, drives to her apartment building and initiates an unconventional campaign to win her affections.

A look at the relationship between a lonely introverted girl and a young video store clerk vying for her attention.