While mourning the loss of his sister and losing his job, a troubled young man becomes a test subject for a transcending scientific experiment to quest into a newly discovered parallel universe.

Eli, a 10-year-old Jewish boy with a hyperactive imagination, is haunted by a memory of his great-uncle's prolonged illness. At the awkward unveiling ceremony, as his relatives begin to act increasingly strange, Eli must confront his growing fears about death and the unknown.