Une étudiante « accusée » d'avoir perdu sa virginité, se sert de la rumeur pour devenir populaire : elle se fait ainsi passer pour la « garce » de sa fac.
St. Augustine, Florida, 1969. An eight-year-old boy's wish to see the fireworks from atop the city's lighthouse is complicated by his odd neighbors, abusive peers, and hopeless parents. The young boy's seemingly simple goal develops into a struggle in which his life, both internal and corporeal, hangs in the balance