Tracee is a runaway bride and kleptomaniac. Lana's an audacious beauty and an alcoholic. Rita is a holy-roller minister's wife. One summer's night, these three go on the lam together. A breakdown on a rural highway brings them to a seemingly abandoned nightclub, where they meet Marcel. A lion. A retired circus performer stuck in a cage in this godforsaken roadhouse. And through Marcel, our heroines find a way to confront their complicated pasts.