A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself....
老头子Woody（布鲁斯·邓恩 Bruce Dern 饰）收到一份广告，上面说他中了一百万大奖，对此他深信不疑，更决定从蒙大拿的比灵斯市步行到内布拉斯加的林肯市去领奖。他的妻子和两个儿子多次劝阻未果，最终小儿子David（威尔·福特 Will Forte 饰）决定开车载着他到林肯去领奖。去林肯的路上他们经过了Woody的老家，便决定去拜访那些久未谋面的亲戚们。Woody一家在那里短暂停留的几天里，整个小镇的人都知道Woody中了大奖，Woody顿时成了镇上的红人，接踵而来的是他的那些老债主们。David也渐渐了解了Woody那些不为人知的过去，对自己的父亲有了新的了解.........
