A film fanatic's life unravels in the wake of his mother's death and the impending closure of his beloved arthouse cinema. Complicating matters is his burgeoning relationship with a troubled young musician.

Jake the Cinephile is the story of a young film fanatic who, fed up with the rowdy behavior and disrespectful etiquette of movie theater audiences, decides to abandon the cinema and take a stab at an actual relationship with a young woman.