It is a rainy night in 1938 in the New Orleans French Quarter. A man wanders into a bar and tells a grisly tale of a woman he has seen murdered over and over again.
After the breakup of a long relationship, Kent meets three people with the astonishing ability to enter each others' dreams. Though Kent is skeptical at first, he gradually develops sympathy for the group. But, as he tries to help them with some of their personal problems, Kent discovers that delving into the world of dreams involves dangers of its own.