In semi-autobiographical stories set largely in David Vann’s native Alaska, this is set on a wild island in southern Alaska, accessible only by boat or seaplane, all in wet forests and steep mountains. It is in this setting that Jim (Anders Danielsen Lie) decides to take his thirteen-year-old son (Woody Norman) to live there in an isolated cabin for a year. After a succession of personal failures, he sees the opportunity to make a new start and reconnect with this boy he knows so little. But the harshness of this life and the failures of the father soon turn this stay into a nightmare, and the situation quickly spirals out of control. Until the violent and unpredictable drama that will seal their fate.