刚20岁的学生

 Hamish arrives on the soil of his mother’s birth; she is felt instantly. A shocking car accident rips him apart, shattering his clenched control. A beast broken, he finds himself lost in the world of his long deceased mother. Young teen Evan, also involved in the accident befriends Hamish.The tremors of want and love beneath the stifling soil push to the surface, as he is led by the vitality of the unbridled boy Evan. He experiences the electric eroticism of living, and danger. His rage accelerates to violence, and ultimately his vibrant release.

 预科学校巴顿学院的老师保罗（保罗·吉亚玛提 饰）不太受欢迎，不管是学生、老师还是校长，都不太喜欢他，他们觉得他浮夸又僵化。在1970年的圣诞假期，保罗留在了学校监督无法回家的学生。几天后，只有一个学生留了下来——一个名叫安格斯的15岁捣蛋鬼，他是一个被不良行为破坏的好学生，总是在被开除的边缘试探。与保罗和安格斯一起留下的还有学校厨师长玛丽，一个为特权阶层的儿子们提供服务的非裔美国妇女，她自己的儿子最近在越南失踪了。这三个截然不同的失意者组成了一个奇怪的圣诞家庭，在新英格兰大雪纷飞的两个星期里，分享着不幸经历，并意识到他们中没有人感谢自己的过去。

　　Nearly murdered as a child by her mother, a woman (Katrina Law) returns to the house where her mom went mad.