Khipha amagama eqembu elalihilelekile ekwenzeni i-inception kuRobert. Zihlukanise ngekhoma.
Context:UCobb, u-Arthur, uSaito, u-Eames, u-Yusuf, u-Ariadne
UCobb no-Arthur "bangama-extractors"; benza ubuhloli bezinkampani besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuhlola bokwabelana ngamaphupho ukuze bangene ezingqondweni zabantu ababasongelayo futhi bakhiphe ulwazi. Umgomo wabo wakamuva, uSaito, uhlabeke umxhwele ngekhono likaCobb lokufaka amaphupho amaningi kwelinye. Unikela ngokuqasha uCobb ngomsebenzi obonakala ungenakwenzeka wokutshala umqondo engqondweni yomuntu; ukwenza "ukuqala" kuRobert, indodana yomncintiswano kaSaito uMaurice Fischer, ngomqondo wokuqeda inkampani kayise. USaito uthembisa ukususa isimo sobugebengu sikaCobb, amvumele ukuba abuyele ekhaya ezinganeni zakhe.  UCobb uyasamukela lesi sipho futhi uhlanganisa iqembu lakhe: umkhohlisi ogama lakhe lingu-Eames, usokhemisi ogama lakhe linguYusuf, kanye nomfundi wasekolishi ogama lakhe lingu-Ariadne. U-Ariadne unikezwa umsebenzi wokuklama ukwakheka kwephupho, into uCobb ngokwakhe angeke akwazi ukuyenza ngenxa yokwesaba ukuphazanyiswa ukubonakaliswa komkakhe ongasekho uMal. UMaurice uyafa, futhi iqembu libulala uRobert ngokumenza abe namaphupho amathathu ahlanganyelwe endizeni eya eMelika. Isikhathi esisezingeni ngalinye sihamba kancane kunaleso esisezingeni elingaphezulu, ilungu elilodwa lihlala ngemuva kwelilodwa ukuze lenze "ukukhahlela" okuvumelaniswe nomculo ukuvusa abaphuphayo kuwo wonke amazinga amathathu ngasikhathi sinye.