Anna a 16-year girl is a thread away from becoming absorbed in a small, hapless community in southern California. For the past several years she has been employed in a local grocery mart, slowly accumulating her savings with the dream of one day escaping her monotonous existence. A role model for her younger sister Ellie, Anna challenges herself daily with a passion for dance, a dream which once also existed for her mother, now trapped in a circle of abuse and despair. After years of imagining a perfect world on the outside of her current reality, an opportunity arises for Anna to escape her dysfunctional world and truly realize her abilities. She discovers an open audition call in a distant city, to the school of her dreams
A fraction away from her moment of truth, her abusive father grows into a powerful obstacle, both for Anna and her mother. Compounded with a troubled home environment, Anna encounters a mysterious new customer and neighbor on her delivery route. Vigard Schutzer develops a predatory and perverse obsession with his young neighbor girl. In a climactic moment, Annas father Doyle steals her money and her dreams giving Vigard the opportunity to manifest his true intentions by offering Anna a twisted option to resolve her fathers treachery. With her youthful innocence a stake, Anna makes a difficult decision ultimately keeping her confined within her destructive world. As a final moment of redemption, Annas mother Eleanor finally comes forward sacrificing herself in order to make Annas a reality.