Adama, Moussa and Zeba are illegal gold miners living a dark and dangerous life in a makeshift mining town in Kombassa, Burkina Faso. Obsessed by quick money and hooked on drugs and drink, they live each day at a time with no care or plan for the future. In the midst of a global gold rush, they stumble upon something that will change their lives, driving them deeper into the dark side of illegal gold mining.