An aspiring writer, Max keeps hitting roadblocks and the wheels are coming off. Living with her best friend Emma affords her some sense of stability, but why is everyone else catching a break when she’s stuck in second gear? As the year passes by, Max finds it harder and harder to ignore the fact that she’s not at all okay, and the unsettling realisation that her mental state and recognition of time is fragmenting.

After meeting that evening, an American boy and a French girl spend a night together.