The film unites viewers with Anne, a Russian-American girl who lives in the big city much like contemporary Los Angeles, in a disillusioned relationship with a good-for-nothing guy named Dylan. He only cares for her looks and parties more than her intellect or interests. Interests that include studying Byzantine imperial history at a local coffee shop, with an ultimate and unfulfilled dream of being rescued by a Byzantine knight from her captor, though she is never able to see how it will conclude. Such is Anne’s dire situation when she unexpectedly meets David, an Asian-American guy, with interests seemingly different from hers, but someone who soon encounters Dylan and eventually writes an end to her dream. So, the story goes.