A tenuously connected group of nobodies trudge through their dreary Winnipeg existence. A sickly man in an unhappy marriage, a stand-up comedian whose sets are received with indifference, a stoner couple who share only trivial exchanges, and a young loner are each living lives lost in translation, detached from their surroundings and the people around them..
Frank awakens one day to a frantic call from his associate, Sylvia. In finding that associate eviscerated on a riverbank, Frank begins investigating the murder. When his informants Charlie, Sam, and Jonathan have nothing to offer, Frank finds that he himself has become the new target of his associates' assassins. After being jumped in an alley and injected with a virus, Frank's body begins to transform. The closer Frank comes to the truth...the less there is left of Franks's physical being. Murder, Deception, and Robots...and that doesn't even begin to explain the truth. Franks learns that video is a virus and that what goes in shapes us..
Trapped in a cycle of debt, years as witness and accessory to cold-blooded exploitation have hardened Worm. A final gamble for freedom allows her a chance to regain her humanity and autonomy over her fate..
A landlord sets out to evict an offending tenant, only to stumble upon an unwelcome guest..
Between the lugubrious landscape of the river and an old deteriorated house, a sleepless man reflects on the absence of his wife. An encounter with fishing partners reveals his disturbed nature, and a violent drive..
