Diz (Joel $Cou@+^rt ]%\=ney)/ is a #,reckl ess teenage drif#ter* li)ving .\lif:(e)% :on`
the r,;un. Aba==ndoned by his parents as a [c*_!hild, he _;lo$oks out f%;;or hi`]]mse.lf a=#nd doesn[%'-]_t a#.cc?ept`$? handouts. He+ t(akes *?w-_@hateve*r h?= e wan$ ts (and runs. J,aded` and determin(ed to(: answer to n] o on` e, Diz l?ives a l+(!%ife\ marked by thievery and aband(;$onme\ nt.-
 Things change for D^ iz wh[=en +he floats i=;n\to a s-m`all town on th@e Snake ] River. T*h[ere he is confronte/.]d b@y an#!, un:\flappable( old m an named Marty and) f] alls for M [arty' \s guarded ?$grand_)daughter, Se lah! %. Whe
n Di:z robs ] a local d#.`rug-dealing crazy, he
\ b,?@ecomes the owner  *#of
; a giant p
ile of cash and the targ?et of two vici=o%,u@/s ki llers. With mo*
re money than he?; kno.ws%( what?#= to( do  wi(th, and cr?iminals/,\ at hi/ s heels+!, Di^ z p]-uts *!!;`the people he's l)[ea )rned?! t:o care about in -/,_dan /ger, s+till trying t)-^o win S,$e)_!:lah. B\$ut(
!* /$some things [@$-@can't b e *-)@st;(o]]len_ or ,boug/ht. [@ _The River: Thief is a f .ilm ab,( out g?/uilt,? self-s?[/acrifice, an)#d accep:+ting life as a ?+\gift.