After 60 years of silence a Polish immigrant's hearing is suddenly restored. The deafness which has kept away the pain of the past can protect him no longer.
Peter and Tony are two teenagers growing up at the edge of the urban sprawl. At night they wander the streets looking for more than their sparse urban landscape seems to offer. Their friendship strains under Tony's desire to be as tough and as streetwise as Peter. It s this frustration that leads to a careless act on a freeway overpass. A thoughtless moment that will change their lives forever.