A fine art auctioneer mixed up
with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost
painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion
begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
A mysterious and mythical
motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling
carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of
Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former
lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the
stunt rider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke
quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by
his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a
collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley
Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department
riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years
as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school
boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is
found in the place beyond the pines.
