A young woman's life is turned upside down when she's suddenly separated from her mother. While navigating her new normal of life on her own she finds an outlet through her lens. The aspiring young photographer soon realizes that the journey traveled to one's purpose is often riddled with doubt, heartache and uncertainty along the way to triumph.

Hippo, a peculiar adolescent, and his Hungarian step-sister Buttercup struggle to come of age in late 1990s America, under the roof of a mother who has been institutionalized at least once.