Five years after the global economy has collapsed, a status-craving husband and his determined ex-wife scrounge separate lives on the garbage dump that was once their suburb. Change comes when a remote stranger offers him a place in the distant walled city in exchange for turning against his 'eccentric' community. In pursing his mission, he discovers his real choice is between regaining the respect of his estranged wife or finally returning to a prized civilized life.