Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the public forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland. 

The film is directed by Debra Granik (Winter's Bone) from a script adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini and based on the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock.