When twelve-year-old Sovan and his little sister are left at a children's home by the only family they've ever known, Sovan's grief hardens into anger. Determined to take control of a life that suddenly feels beyond his grasp, he makes a reckless choice that threatens to destroy the very connections he desperately needs. Half a world away, twelve-year-old Oliver arrives in Cambodia with every advantage Sovan lacks: financial security, a stable home, and two parents. Yet beneath the surface, he carries a deep loneliness no one seems to notice. As Oliver and Sovan’s lives intersect, both boys are forced to confront what family truly means and discover that belonging is not something we are given, but something we build together.

A narrator tells the story of an eccentric childhood friend.

Through the grainy, fleeting frames of Super 8 film reels, the filmmaker revisits a childhood trip to Asia, where her father’s business partner—a constant presence in their lives—captured a family's narrative through his lens. Haunted by a persistent suspicion of a long-forgotten night in a Bangkok hotel room, the narrator embarks on a journey of recollection, grappling with fragmentary memories, traumatic energies and power of oblivion.

During the 2002 FIFA World Cup, an 11-year-old Azerbaijani boy grapples with his first encounter with death while competing with neighboring children for the attention of a girl at the funeral.