La història de Nathan, un jove adolescent que intenta prosperar en una relació romàntica amb el seu veí, Roy. Els dos joves hauran d'afrontar la brutal realitat del sud rural dels Estats Units a finals dels anys setanta.
What a shame this couldn't have stuck more to the book...! "Nathan" (Stephan Bender) is a newcomer in a rural bible-belt American school where he meets and falls for "Roy" (Max Roeg) an only slightly older boy who drives the school bus. They embark on a clandestine relationship. Slowly, however, their passion becomes subsumed in issues of trust and filled with dread and fear of being caught - lead...