Caught between adolescence and adulthood when we first meet in the 1990s, Geoff has been living a somewhat sheltered upbringing with his mother and grandmother. His main interests are music and photography as we follow his desire not to give up on either. On his final day at college he falls for Geraldine, the sister of one his best friends and fellow student of design, Mike. His career and relationships become ever more complicated until he has a fateful accident...