街头有新设立了一台ATM机,这台ATM机所进行的第一笔现钞交易就是提取一张崭新的二十美元纸币。这张纸币随后不断的易主,从街上的那个提款人辗转,经过才华横溢的作家、脱衣舞女、两个小偷等等,无数人的手里,最终被施舍到了一位无家可归的女人(Linda Hunt饰)的手中,此时,这张二十美元的纸币已经破败不堪了,银行的工作人员又为她换了一张崭新的二十元纸币,一轮新的轮回又要开始了……The film follows a $20 bill from its ATM birth to its eventual demise. Along the way, the note weaves in and out of the lives of a street person, an aspiring writer, a stripper, two thieves, and many others in surprising and inventive ways.