When a devastating accident shatters an American couple's Moroccan getaway, the ripples of that single moment reverberate through the lives of strangers across continents. Their desperate struggle to reconnect with loved ones becomes entangled with the fates of others—from a Japanese businessman grieving in isolation to a Mexican nanny caught between two worlds. As each story unfolds, a portrait emerges of how human suffering transcends borders and binds us all together.
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.