San Fernando Valley, a seedy place of horse ranches and immigrant gangs, where ten-lane freeways converge to create a cultural no man's land.
A rebellious high school senior Tobe and her anemic 11-year old brother Lonnie struggle to escape their grim and hopeless existence and their overbearing father, Wade. Their hoped-for deliverance comes in the form of Harlan, a charming, yet mercurial man who thinks he's a cowboy.