Ricky a dimwitted excon meets Beth a dimwitted waitress in an Idaho diner They take off in his car to Washington and begin an affair Beth a lonely romancenovel addict is hopelessly enamored Ricky is just in it for the constant sex Beths longing to visit California and Rickys longing for quick cash leads them into a desperate situation Director Jost uses a variety of avantgarde visual and narrative techniques such as montage collages split screens and lengthy tongueincheek monologues to tell the tragicomic story of two complete losers in love