Lake Tahoe is the simple story of a young boy growing up in an isolated town and wanting to escape the confines of his mundane life. His escape ends up on the edge of town where he drives his red racer into a telegraph pole. In his quest to find a mechanic to fix his car, Juan comes across an eclectic array of characters and in one single day the absurb and completely irreconcilable worlds of these people help Juan to understand that there are things that are as inevitable and inexplicable as life and death itself.