查理(乔纳森·戈登 Jonathan Gordon 饰)和塞巴斯蒂安(杰森·拉尔夫 Jason Ralph 饰)是青梅竹马的玩伴,彼此之间感情十分要好,可是,随着年岁渐长,查理渐渐发现,自己和出生在名门望族的富家公子塞巴斯蒂安之间的距离越来越遥远,更糟糕的是,查理对塞巴斯蒂安的感情,早已经由单纯的友谊转变成了痴迷的爱恋。
就在查理为了这份感情陷入深深的痛苦之中时,一位名叫蒂姆(哈兹·斯雷曼 Haaz Sleiman 饰)的钢琴师来到了查理的身边,在蒂姆的陪伴下,查理终于决定忘记过去,放眼未来,然而就在这个节骨眼上,塞巴斯蒂安的家族企业破产了,绝望的他企图从查理的身上找到依靠和温暖。
One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.