A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.

A lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as “telephone walking”. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.

Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.

Three teenagers, confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet, spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach an unfathomable new vocabulary. Any word from beyond their abode is instantly assigned a new meaning; hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother they claim was ostracized for disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.