The High Life

By 2098, the rise in sea level has flooded low-lying areas along the Southern California coast. The flooding has created a patchwork of march islands where the displaced "dung people" live, subsistence fishermen and farmers, the future's untouchables. The affluent live high above the marshland, in condominiums bolted to the underside of old freeway flyovers. Jacque lives in a posh end unit and is the CEO of an international trading company. She discovers Desmond, a handsome dark-skinned "dungee," tryhing to steal crops grown on her balcony. She helps him escape from the murderous Security Forces. When they meet again on a moonlit night, their attraction leads to passionate lovemaking. But can love and lust overcome their differences?