 The story of the relationship between a friendly postwoman and a man who finds the world so distasteful that he has has not left his apartment for seven years. Joseph spends his time obsessively monitoring and archiving stories of crime, disaster, and tragedy, living for the exact moment when Julie delivers his daily batch of newspapers. When she is transferred to another route, his mail is no longer brought to his door, and he must find a way to reach her and to understand why his world is out of control. Julie, in turn, is determined to understand the source of his paranoia and to reach the man she is sure he used to be. A proposed camping trip to the mountains is the catalyst for a dramatic change in both their lives.