the carls just appearedroaming through new york city at three am twentythreeyearold april may stumbles across a giant sculpture delighted by its appearance and craftsmanshiplike a tenfoottall transformer wearing a suit of samurai armorapril and her best friend andy make a video with it which andy uploads to youtube the next day april wakes up to a viral video and a new life news quickly spreads that there are carls in dozens of cities around the worldfrom beijing to buenos airesand april as their first documentarian finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlightseizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world april now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships her safety and her own identity and all eyes are on april to figure out not just what the carls are but what they want from us