The film revolves around a widowed mother Diane Després- Die Considered white trash by many, Die does whatever she needs, including strutting her body in front of male employers who will look, to make an honest living. That bread-winning ability is affected when she makes the decision to remove her only offspring, fifteen year old Steve Després, from her previously imposed institutionalization, one step below juvenile detention.With this institutionalization, she has to take care of him which means only being able to do home based work. Their lives, both individually and as a family, are affected with the entrance of two of their neighbors.They are Paul, a lawyer who tries to help Steve through his legal problems and Kyle who lives across the street with her husband Patrick and their adolescent daughter.