California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients.

An unemployed gay millennial meets two men, both unemotionally available, and hopes for a potential relationship, which threatens his sobriety in a no strings attached New York City dating scene.

Eager to reunite with their young daughter after being deported, a married couple enlist the help of a coyote to get them across the border.