Peter, a failed tennis star, is struggling to rebuild his life after a car accident forces the end of his career. Angry at the worlds consumerist values and his controlling father, Arnie, who he blames for being absent during his mothers dying days, Peter is desperately searching for a moments peace. In an attempt at normality, he heads to a bar for a night out, where he encounters recently divorced and grieving Tess, abandoned and lonely. Finding solace in each others brokenness, they withdraw to Peters apartment and begin a sensual love affair. Days of bliss pass by, and when Tess reluctantly tries to leave to deal with the aftermath of her divorce, Peter proposes an idea: isolate themselves in his apartment to create their own reality - CANDiLAND. Now cut off from the world, the tormented lovers embark on a dogmatic quest for a higher existence. But their possessive love descends into a surreal savagery as Arnie attempts to reconnect with his son and put an end to CANDiLAND.