The Driftless Area is a 2015 Canadian-American neo-noir dramedy film directed by Zachary Sluser and starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, and John Hawkes.

Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, Frank Langella, and Ciarán Hinds also appear in supporting roles.

A college graduate turned bartender, Pierre, returns to his hometown in the Driftless Area after his parents' death.

He plans to give his newfound money to a woman who had given him the rock, and who needs plastic surgery for a badly scarred face.

Stella is a ghost, inadvertently killed in an arson fire set by Shane on his brother's orders, believing the house empty.

Pierre seemingly knew he was going to die as he wrote a will giving his car to his friend, Carrie, his grey felt hat to Keith, and his binoculars to Stella.