The film "Wonder Wheel" is unfolding in America of the fifties of the last century. In the beginning we are introduced to a young and pretty woman named Carolina. She comes to a local amusement park to try to escape from problems. Her marriage led to the fact that she had learned too much. And now for her hunted dangerous people.
Then we are introduced to Ginny, working as a waitress. She has a young son from a past marriage, which was destroyed, leaving her with guilt. The thing that Jeannie sincerely loved her boyfriend, but emotionally Davila on him. As a result it had ruined relationships, entangled in his lies. And now she is back in difficult relationships. Jeannie begins a new Romance with a young graduate student who works part-time in the summer as a lifeguard.