Looking for Leonard

Ted his girlfriend Jo and his brother Johnny are smalltime robbers in Montreal The brothers spend their time watching TV while Jo rereads Leonard Cohens novel Beautiful Losers and attends writing classes Luka a Czech immigrant picks up Jo when he sees her shoplifting When Johnny surprises Luka kissing Jo he attacks him In the ensuing fight Jo accidentally kills Johnny and Luka leaves the scene but drops his wallet The police assume that Luka attacked Johnny after a breakin and Jo goes along with that but feels guilty about it