Tod Hackett is a gifted young artist who is also on the verge of losing his heart. When he is hired as a set designer at a LA studio, he is quickly immersed in a dream world ruled by the celebrity cult. But when he falls in love with Faye, a beautiful aspiring actress and occasional call girl, his ideal quickly turns into a nightmare. Tod's frantic devotion will only lead to frustration, despair, and fury because she has nothing in the way of beauty and no money to buy her time...