Jun (12) is a carefree spider-obsessed young boy living in a remote mining community of Mt. Diwalwal in the Southern Philippines. He’s bent to catch the toughest spider to show off to his friends for their routine spider derby. He learns to catch spiders from his older brother, Mark (15) who is very close to him. Childish ways shield Jun from noticing the changes around him: the entry of big mining companies, the sad fate of miners and the transfer of Diwalwal’s settlers in a government housing facility. His world changes when he loses Mark and his father in a tunnel collapse. Their bodies are never recovered, and tunnel records show that they are not among the casualties. No compensation is given to the family who are left to mourn without the bodies of the dead. Prolonged grief sets in without any closure for Jun and his mother. Determined to search the truth and find answers to the lies they are led to believe, Jun becomes obsessed to look for the remains of his loved ones in the tunnel. His bleak world takes a sudden turn when he becomes attached to Debby (17), a teen waitress in a beer joint. She becomes a refuge who seems to understand Jun as he struggles against a web of challenges and searches for nuggets of truth while standing on the edge of manhood.