A young and inexperienced actress is hand selected by a high profile director whose manipulative and abusive directing style is enforced for the sake of art.

Strawberry Lemonade spends the first week of the college semester with Cole - a despondent young man struggling to connect with others who want nothing more than breezy relationships and to be left alone. When Cole clicks with an enigmatic girl, they form a romantic relationship that crescendos into a bloody nightmare.