In the shadows of a squalid farmhouse, under a suffocating oppressive heat, a troubled family struggles to deal with their fears, doubts and discomfort. Underlying tensions are surfacing. With each furtive glance or sound witnessed, the despair and morbid promiscuity is further amplified. Exasperated by the madness of a sweet but cruel son, only one person is resolutely determined to bring about a need to break the status quo.