Twentynine Palms

David| an independent photographer| and Katia| an unemployed woman| leave Los Angeles| en route to the southern California desert| where they search a natural set touse as a backdrop for a magazine photo shoot. They find a motel in the town of Twentynine Palms and spend their days in their sport-utility vehicle| discovering theJoshua Tree Desert| and losing themselves on nameless roads and trails. Frantically making love all the time and almost everywhere| they regularly fight| then kissand make up| with little else going on in their empty relationship and quite ordinary daily life--until something horrible and hideous brutally puts an end to theirtrip.