A washed-up, manic depressive photographer and a young, Parisian free-spirit's one night stand snowballs into a tumultuous road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco. As their journey up the California coast brings them closer to their destination, it also brings them closer to one another. There's just one problem - and our agoraphobe fears it will ruin everything - he hasn't told her the purpose of their road trip: to take custody of his daughter from his estranged ex-wife.