All Creatures Here Below

Young couple Gensan and Ruby face relentless hardships while living in Los Angeles. Ruby's fragile mental health prevents her from holding a job, leading Gensan to work tirelessly at a fast-food restaurant to make ends meet.

Gensan's life takes a drastic turn when he loses his job due to the closure of the restaurant. This event marks the beginning of their desperate struggle to survive in an even harsher reality.

In search of quick money, Gensan becomes involved in an underground cockfighting ring. As he becomes further entrenched in this dangerous world, he begins to lose touch with his morals and integrity.

Caught up in the violent atmosphere of cockfighting, Gensan commits an unthinkable act by murdering someone. This brutal decision triggers a catastrophic chain of events that will change their lives forever.

While Gensan struggles with his choices, Ruby's mental health continues to deteriorate. Unable to cope with their reality, she takes a drastic and impulsive action that puts them on an irreversible path.

In a moment of madness, Ruby kidnaps the infant daughter of a neighbor named Irene. This impulsive act leads Gensan and Ruby on a chaotic cross-country trip, searching for a semblance of a new beginning.

As they travel, Gensan is reluctantly swept into Ruby's dreams of motherhood, even as her lack of maternal instincts becomes alarmingly apparent. The couple grapples with their fractured family dynamic amid escalating tension and desperation.

The journey leads them back to Gensan and Ruby's childhood home in De Soto, Kansas, where hidden family secrets begin to unravel. It's a place of reflection and confrontation with their dark past that they both hoped to escape.

Upon arrival, their uncle Doug reveals a disturbing truth: Gensan and Ruby are siblings, children of an abusive father who died in prison. This revelation plunges them deeper into despair as they confront their past and the realities of their present.

Faced with mounting pressures, Doug persuades Gensan to turn Ruby and Irene over to the authorities, suggesting that it is their only way out. This plan weighs heavily on Gensan as he grapples with the implications of such a choice.

As Gensan prepares to surrender them, he discovers that Ruby has accidentally smothered Irene in a panic, believing the police were coming. The tragedy of the moment shatters Gensan’s already frail sense of hope.

Overcome with anguish, Gensan takes Ruby to a familiar field from their childhood. In a heartbreaking decision driven by despair, he ends her life as an act of mercy, leaving a haunting weight on his soul.

In a solemn ritual, Gensan buries both Ruby and Irene in the same field, trying to make sense of the tragedy that has unfolded. This act signifies the end of their tumultuous journey, marred by loss and regret.

Unbeknownst to Gensan, the sound of approaching sirens signals the end of everything he has known. The authority's arrival marks a stark contrast to the hopeful new beginnings he once sought.