It’s the near future after total environmental collapse. The oceans are dead; pollution clouds the sky. In the wreckage of a former industry, a fisherman struggles to sustain himself and his daughter. His net catches only plastic refuse and animal carcasses.

One bleak morning, after another failed fishing expedition, the fisherman makes a surprise discovery: a mermaid washed ashore. She’s tangled in a net, terrified, and struggling to breathe.

Desperate and lonely, he brings her back to the decrepit building he calls home, makes her dinner, and introduces her to his daughter.

They then all gather around the table to eat. The fisherman, the daughter, and the mermaid… to an extent.