Gary was once riding high as the member of a successful pop band. Now seven years later the band is no more and he pays the bills by composing mediocre music for commercials. To further add to his unhappiness his relationship with his girlfriend Dora appears to be on its last legs. The only thing Gary looks forward to anymore is sleeping--so that he might have a reoccurring dream about a beautiful mystery woman he calls Anna. He even goes so far as to take dream workshops taught by a scruffy eccentric named Mel in the hopes of prolonging his experiences in his subconscious. He soon becomes obsessed with escaping into his dreamworld and his real life begins to fall apart. Depressed and confused he finally has a revelatory dream wherein he realizes he needs to make a major change and return to reality. He plots a grand romantic gesture to get his life back on track but the plan backfires with rather shocking and tragic results.