Finding a different man in the cell, the police release Pete. He resumes his life at a garage and begins an affair with Alice Wakefield (also played by Patricia Arquette), the blonde "femme fatale" girlfriend of a dangerous gangster named Mr. Eddy.
The film is often compared to a , where the end loops back to the beginning. Lost Highway(1997)
Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) and his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette) begin receiving mysterious VHS tapes showing footage of them inside their home. After a bizarre encounter with a "Mystery Man" at a party, Fred is arrested and convicted for the brutal murder of Renee—a crime he has no memory of. Finding a different man in the cell, the police release Pete