Clementine is the story of a murder, but more importantly, it is a story about human connection. It is an exploration of two of the most iconic genres in film, the Western and the Film Noir: instead of merely adopting, or copying, the cinematic techniques and conventions indicative of these respective genres, Clementine captures what they represent on a philosophical level - what they are trying to say about human nature. Emblematic of the Film Noir is the dark, cynical, turmoil-filled attitude prevalent in post-war America, which this film rubs together with the unwearying sense of optimism prevalent in the Western.

Starting off in the style of Film Noir, it follows a homicide detective, Detective LaPlace, along his routine, socially isolated city life. The sense of humanity’s decay lingers in the air. But after an encounter with an enchanting, spellbinding woman, whom he suspects of murder, he is privately hired to take on a murder case which took place in a bar, or saloon, in a very strange part of town. As he works through this extraordinary case, he is taken on a journey of self enlightenment.