"Sunlight Jr." spotlights hard-working convenience store clerk Melissa (Naomi Watts) and her disabled boyfriend, Richie (Matt Dillon), who are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty and ignorance. Their luck may be changing when they learn that Melissa has become pregnant. Their temporary joy vanishes when Melissa loses her job and they are evicted from the motel they live in. Through this adversity, the couple realizes that they can never lose everything as long as they have each other.