A child chained in a cellar abused by their enraged parents decides to take matters into their own hands.

A young man remembers his sexual trauma while idly watching the torturing of a kidnapped kid.

A traumatic incident changes a boy's baby brother, straining relationships within the boy's family as a whole.

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

A couple adopts a troubled six year old child who takes a startling interest in one very precious item in their home.

When a young man is brutally assaulted by a police officer, he must try to heal his fractured life.

A divorced 16 year old girl reflects on how the sexual trauma she experienced as a child perpetuates in her relationships with men throughout her life, forcing herself to grow up too early and leaving her starved for affection and love.

When a mother takes her children to buy a puppy from another mother, she finds an unsettling household and a child chained like a dog in the backyard. Through their alternating narratives, both mothers reflect on what it means to love your children.

In a rural town, a woman attempts to run away, with her three children, from her abusive husband. While the feat seems straightforward at first, a series of complications causes their escape to become increasingly precarious.

In an American dystopia, a man who helps rescue and raise children who are born as predators is traveling with a predator child to Salt Lake City in hopes to provide him with a normal life.