In the land of Birdabad, a tyrannous leader and his carnivore crew rule over a community of fruit-eating birds who unthinkingly swap their eggs for food. But one young couple, Huppu and Hassan, are determined to save their rare chick from this terrible fate. So begins an incredible and perilous journey through a bizarre yet beautiful universe, as the exiled birds search for safety in ‘the place where the sun sets’.