A mentally ill man is prematurely released from an asylum, and sent back to childhood home where he suffered emotional abuse by his now-deceased mother. The man struggles to maintain strict control of his sanity, and to lead a normal life, but finds himself haunted by the memories of his dark past. He encounters a strange female neighbor who is consumed by troubles of her own. He is offered a job by his uncle to help with an archaeological dig before the site is destroyed by developers. He discovers that his uncle has also been buried by his own mistakes and can’t escape his problems. With the people around him falling hopelessly apart because of their lack of self-control, can this mentally ill man bury his past or will he also be consumed by darkness?