Based on a true story, this intimate tale follows Tomás—an immigrant laborer who fled his country by shipping himself in a crate years before the story begins. Tomás now lives off the grid, performing odd jobs for an upper middle-class family while saving money to eventually buy a home for the family he left behind.
A series of events forces Tomás out of his solitary life to engage with people in his community in search of something lost. However, this journey reflects Tomás' own social and emotional turmoil: even though he emigrated to the US, he has psychologically never left his crate.