Basada en una historia real, un joven Marine norteamericano, que recién ha vuelto de combatir en la Guerra del Golfo es encontrado cavando la tumba de su asesinada esposa en medio del desierto de Mojave en California.

Casting her spellbinding sister as an officer investigating a murder, Nina Menkes journeys into a sandstorm of military and sexual violence. Refusing resolution, this fascinating film excavates an atmosphere of haunting that is aswirl with dreamlike imagery and mesmeric incantation.