历时9年的拍摄时间，导演用摄像机追踪了从加利福尼亚的沙漠, 佛罗里达的甘蔗场, 到西弗吉尼亚州的偏远地区, 三个生活在美国农村地区但性格各异的男孩的成长。讲述了尼克、拉里和泰勒三个大男孩是如何度过叛逆、迷失自我的青春期，从男孩脱胎换骨成为成年男性，导演卡波恩给观众描述了一幅亲密又能让人深有共鸣的影像,每个人几乎都能在这三位少年身上看到自己的影子…

A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?

在邻里发生的一场悲剧后，两个处于青春期的兄弟面对着变化的兄弟情，自然的神秘莫测，以及他们终有一死的现实。该片通过扭曲的青少年视角来探究美国乡村生活。