Raphael (Depp) is a down-on-his luck, alcoholic Native American. He lives in a junkyard together with his family, and they struggle to make ends meet. Raphael follows the tip of a man he met at a bar to go to meet McCarthy (Brando), a shady producer who wants to make a snuff film. In exchange for his participation and subsequent torture and death, Raphael will get $50,000, an amount that would definitely help their current predicament, given that a corporation has already bought the land they are living on.
Raphael agrees, and mentions that he will be back in a week to do the deed. He is given a chunk of the money in advance, to which he splurges on his family and community. His wife Rita (Elpidia Carrillo) is doubtful of the source of the money. Raphael was a former criminal after all, and she fears he may have gone back down the dark path. Raphael assures her and the community priest that it isn't what she thinks it is.
Meanwhile, his former associate Luis (Luis Guzmán
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