Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run       Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts       He takes whatever he wants and runs       Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment       Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River       There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah       When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers       With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah       But some things can't be stolen or bought       The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift