- In 1909, amidst the dying old west, Willie Boy, a long distance Desert Runner by Chemehuevi tradition, falls in love with young native beauty, Carlota. Carlota's father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refuses to let the young couple be together. In a fatal confrontation, Carlota's father falls dead to an accidental gun shot and the young lovers flee to the sun ens...
- Lynn and Lucy are life-long best friends, their relationship as intense as any romance. Neither has ventured far from where they grew up. Lynn, who married her first boyfriend and whose daughter is fast growing up, is delighted when the charismatic, volatile Lucy has her first baby boy. Lucy, however does not react to being a mother as Lynn expects. Soon, they find their friendship is tested in extreme circumstances.
- 艾里克（安德鲁斯·威尔森 Andreas Wilson 饰）是一个让所有人都感到头痛的不良少年，逃学翘课打架生事，哪个都少不了他的一份。究其原因，还要归结到父亲的家庭暴力上去。在被公力学校开除后，爱子心切的母亲不得不将艾里克送入了斯特加伯格私立寄宿学校，可当艾里克来到这里后才发现，曾经满心欢喜的以为终于逃脱了家庭掌控的自己不过是从一个监狱被转移到了另一个监狱罢了，高年级的学生们称霸着校园，就连老师们也不敢越雷池半步。 没过多久，艾里克就和室友皮埃尔（亨里克·伦德斯多姆 Henrik Lundström 饰）成为了朋友，皮埃尔温和的性格渐渐改变了艾里克，他发誓要安安分分的念书，直到毕业。可惜天不遂人愿，初来乍到的艾里克很快就成为了校园混混们的欺负对象，在忍辱负重和全力反抗之间，他该如何选择？
