It’s 1931, and the Bondurant brothers—Howard, Forrest, and Jack—are thriving in the moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia, which has earned the title of the world’s wettest county due to its rampant whiskey production. Despite the Prohibition Act of 1920 making alcohol sales illegal, the brothers cleverly disguise their operations through a gas station and restaurant, aided by their mechanically skilled friend, Cricket.