Max Sokoloff

Two boys spend a summer day together, discovering something unexpected in the tall grass.

The West. An almost deserted fort by the ocean at the end of the Indian wars. (1890) One day a woman washes ashore, barely alive. She refuses to speak and reveals nothing about her past. Her presence triggers jealousies and obsessions among the soldiers. A young recruit, James, chosen to watch her battles between his duty and desire.

When a high school misfit is taken hostage by a classmate with a gun, he must find common ground with the shooter in order to survive the perilous standoff.