VaDominick "Dom" Cobb naArthur "vanochera": vanoita basa rekushora makambani vachishandisa tekinoroji yekuyedza yechiuto kuti vapinde muzvinhu zvisingazivikanwe zvevanovavarira uye vobvisa ruzivo rwakakosha kuburikidza nenyika yekurota yakagovaniswa. Chinangwa chavo chazvino, muzvinabhizimusi wechiJapan Saito, anoratidza kuti akaronga basa ravo kuti aedze Cobb pabasa rinoita serisingakwanisike: kuisa pfungwa muhana yemunhu, kana "kufungidzira". Kuputsa simba remakwikwi anokwikwidza Maurice Fischer, Saito anoda kuti Cobb agutsikane nemwanakomana waFischer uye mugari wenhaka, Robert, kuti aparadze kambani yababa vake. Mukudzoka, Saito anovimbisa kushandisa simba rake basa rave raitwa kujekesa chimiro cheCobb chematsotsi, chinomutadzisa kudzokera kumba nevana vake.
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