Cole Prasar hides his talent: he wants to become a director and make a film with Al Pacino; Russian migrant Viktor Polanski is a natural actor, “the pride of the school” Jean Batters promises a bright future, and Daniel Keith is called the most educated among the students. They are united by the unpromising town of Pretty Waste and the never-ending problems of growing up: misunderstanding of parents, loss of self-identity, humiliation of others and the last cigarette in the pack. Will they find the courage to break out into the world or will they die under the yoke of their environment?