In the stark, snow-dusted landscape of Reno, two brothers find their fragile world shattered by a single, tragic accident. Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff star as Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, bound by hardship and haunted by a troubled past, who scrape out a meager existence in the transient motels that give their life its name. When Jerry Lee’s impulsive action leads to a man’s death, the brothers flee into a desperate, cross-country journey, with Frank weaving elaborate, illustrated stories to shield his more volatile sibling from a harsh reality. Their flight strains Frank’s tentative connection with a compassionate former girlfriend, played by Dakota Fanning, and forces a confrontation with the ghosts they have long tried to outrun. Directed by Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky, this gritty, R-rated drama paints a poignant portrait of brotherly loyalty and the power of storytelling as a means of survival, capturing a raw and melancholic atmosphere where dreams are as temporary as their rented rooms.