[1] Hasan Hujdur is a 42-year-old Muslim from Bosnia living in North Dakota, who finds refuge and contentment behind the wheel of his classic 1965 Buick Riviera.

In the Riviera he feels safe, and has some sense of peace and control - but his wife wishes for him to sell the car.

Surrounding everything that Hasan loves is a prejudiced world of Anglo Americans afraid of his culture they cannot understand, and a religion they vilify.

On the way to pick up his wife from work at the local hospital, he falls asleep at the wheel of his Buick and runs it off the road, getting stuck in the snow.

Their continuing interaction results in ever increasing tension between them, ultimately with tragic consequences.