This improvised feature focuses on a family that is deeply affected by the political and economic consequences of 9/11. A couple struggles to make ends meet in a remote coastal Oregon town. Their two sons also face personal adversity: one is unemployed and struggling with revelations about his true identity, the other is serving in the army and has been sent to Iraq. Having lived and worked for more than 10 years outside the United States, Jost returned to record the effects of recent developments on the ordinary population. He reveals the vulnerable underbelly of the society which evokes a melancholic and realistic picture of America.

In this improvisational psychological drama crossed with political manifesto, a group of people gather in a beautiful country house for no apparent reason. There is confusion, melancholy and rambling conversations. According to Jost, the film is about the effect of 9/11 on the frame of mind of the European middle classes. Immigration, colonization and Third World apathy become central concerns in this beautifully photographed work The initiative for the film, which Jost claims was shot for fifty euros, was taken by the actress Eliana Miglio who agreed to work without a script.