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 or bestial act witnessed, their despair and morbid promiscuity are further amplified. Exasperated by the madness of asweet but cruel son, only one person is resolutely determined to bring about a need to break the status quo.