Fading Southern beauty Blanche Dubois relies on the kindness of strangers and feels lost in the modern world. Upon arriving in a bustling, vibrant part of New Orleans, where she stays with her sister Stella, her illusion of grandeur collides with Stella's rough and tumble husband, Stanley. Their tumultuous confrontation ultimately leads to the collapse of Blanche's fragile sense of identity, threatening her sanity and any chance of happiness.