As Samuel Alabaster travels across the American Frontier, on a journey to marry the love he has always looked for, Penelope (Mia Wasikowski), life becomes more and more dangerous.Samuel Alabaster, an affluent man, travels across the American West to marry the love of his life, Penelope. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent man, travels across the American West to marry the love of his life, Penelope. However, as the journey turns treacherous, morality becomes blurred. Damsel is a 2018 American Western black comedy film written and directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner.