The film tells the story of young widower Boy, after his wife's death due to radiation after sequentially being affected by cnuclear tests near their home, retreating to the desert waiting for the end of the world and carves Kachina dolls which he believes possess magical power. His lonesome life disrupted by a high-profile Hollywood couple whose car broke down during their travel through the desert. Coming to help at first, Boy soon decides to hold them as captives because of his desire for the woman and his will to create a better world with her.