An outcast girl’s friendship with a bloat of hippos is questioned when it’s found that she is pregnant. A half-blind boy is ridiculed and bullied relentlessly, until one day it reaches a breaking point. A disturbed man, haunted by visions of the dead, is convinced he must relocate hit mother’s grave. A woman takes up a lucrative job in a greedy corporation to fulfil her daughter’s dreams, but a ghastly discovery threatens to disrupt the life they’ve built. A dog’s loyalty is tested as a civil war brings out the worst in those around her.