The movie is about the creative process of the famous musician Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
Springsteen: Rescue Me From Nothing tells the story of Bruce Springsteen before he became a worldwide superstar, caught between the pressures of success and the ghosts of his past. The album was recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen's bedroom in New Jersey and marks an important turning point in his career. The recordings have a raw and melancholic acoustic atmosphere, filled with lost souls searching for a reason to believe.
