The film is a very personal interpretation of the myth of Icarus, inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's paintings "The Fall of Icarus" and "Children's Games." The film emphasizes the essence of Icarus's drama by showing his loneliness in a world of people preoccupied only with themselves.
In a backwoods cabin, a boy called Little Man lives with his dad (a trapper), his older sister Missy, and his younger sister Kid, who is feral, spends most of her time under the table, and can imitate the sound of any animal.
The Director reflects upon and seeks to understand the causes and the events that lead to her drug-addicted prostitute daughter being murdered at the age of 26.
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black.