改編自西亞李畢福與他父親的故事，由他詮釋自己的父親，《海邊的曼徹斯特》盧卡斯海吉斯詮釋童星出身的兒子，故事描述兒子如何修復和酒鬼父親的父子關係。

1965年夏天，英國一小島上，兩名只有12歲的小孩，在童軍旅行中邂逅，擦出火花並墮入愛河，兩小無猜相約私奔，令到原本平靜的小島立即人仰馬翻，童軍隊長，老師班長，怪獸家長，全員出動，誓要在風暴來臨前尋回一對怪雞小情人…

Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.

A satirical presentation of the public school debate, exhibiting three different teaching methods. First, the authoritarian education system of old; Second, a more modern form, combining theory and practice; and finally, the teacher's nightmare, where children are taught only the necessities for modern life: sales techniques, status symbols, and how to (quite literally) elbow your way to the top.