California

We're mid collapse. The world is slowly ending, not with a bang but a whimper. There's no viral pandemic or cataclysmic incident that sets things in motion. Instead, global warming, natural disasters and economic collapse have the wealthy retreating to gated “Communities” while others, like the protagonists Calvin and Frida, eke out an existence on the edges. The dystopian backdrop strips away everything so Lepucki can examine the interpersonal relationship between newly married Cal and Frida - the secrets they keep and the stories they tell now they know that Frida is pregnant.