Since the tragic deaths of their parents, Howard and Juliette have been close to each other. Their kind-hearted Uncle Chris has taken care of them so that they could remain in the only world they know: Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana in the American Deep South. A long, thin piece of land surrounded by water on all sides. And the water is rising.
In 2021, Hurricane Ida destroyed nearly every home on the peninsula and forced residents to flee. Since then, the authorities have worked to move the entire community further inland, and now Howard and Juliette must leave their childhood behind as they and the rest of the small community watch their world disappear.
Young Danish documentary filmmaker Sandra Winther has created a sensual and intimate film about pain and unity, and about the new realities of being a climate refugee in the American South.