On the beach at Chittagong, Bangladesh, armies of men reduce the world's unwanted ocean vessels to scrap - using nothing more than torches, hacksaws, and muscle. On desperately poor shipbreaker, Mohit, dreams of a better life, though that vision seems ended when a foreman dies in an explosion. But was the death an accident? Mohit tracks the killer through his shantytown, confronting bosses, criminal gangs, and laborers no different than himself.