Amid the U.S. housing crisis, many families are forced to live in flophouses. Twelve-year-old Mikal shares a small room with his parents and their cat, Smokey, navigating chaos, alcoholism, love, and hope. Over three years, filmmaker Monica Strømdahl follows him, capturing the hardships of a fragmented childhood while revealing the warmth, resilience, and complexity of family life in such precarious circumstances.