Lo que parece ser un encuentro casual un día en una cafetería conduce a un romance en toda regla, pero la pareja debe luchar por su relación para sobrevivir a la locura que es el espectáculo.
Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he befriends a "Deadhead," adopts the "hippie" lifestyle and dabbles in many drugs in his search for acceptance.
