Avoiding life in Milwaukee, Julia Rabia (Lily Rabe), moves to the Reagan-era town of Owl, North Dakota for a temporary high school teaching job. But when Owl turns out to be a wonderland of second-string poets, smoldering Marlboro Men, and a social hierarchy that echoes high school, Julia isn’t sure if she’s come to town to get away from home or to find it. Based on the novel by Chuck Klosterman.