Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she's on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. The film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee a mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse; the world of sane people.

When a psychiatric nurse dies at the Cunningham Hall Mental Facility a new intern attempts to get to the bottom of her death.

Weaving together fantasy and reality, past and present, Neverwas is a magical and moving journey of discovery for Zach Riley, who finds his childhood fantasyland may really exist.