A filmmaker's project begins to parallel the budding romance between two strangers as the three lives converge, interweaving with strange occurrences that blur the lines of reality's boundaries.

A gang member recues his nephew from his alcoholic sister and boyfriend, taking him into his house while his sisters recovers. But as time basses by, he has a hard time letting go. While raising money for his nephew to participate at a local spelling bee, he learns to become a better person, changing his own living habits, for a better future. All in all, while his nephew's father places a bounty on his head.