After yet another sleepless night of partying and getting high, Jordane returns home to find her little sister anxious about a strange water cut. Realizing the drinking water shortage affects the entire city, Jordane embarks on a delirious on-foot journey across Marseille to quench their thirst.

Drought sends this neon-tinged short careening forward through winding Marseille streets, toward the glinting sea. Fish-eye lenses, flashy colors, and thumping electronic music capture post-rave meltdown and the unrelenting restlessness of young generations growing up in a world on fire.