
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

as Marcus Messner

as Olivia Hutton

as Dean Caudwell

as Esther Messner

as Mrs. Greenberg

as Bertram Flusser

as Ron Foxman

as Sonny Cottler

as Marty Ziegler

as Max Messner

as Mrs. Dadidovich

as Ben

as Anker

as Mo Greenberg

as Miss Clement

as David

as Student

as Church Volunteer

as Student

as Student

as Young Nurse

as History Student

as Sophomore Girl

as College Nurse

as Family Friend at Shiva & Synagogue

as Student

as College Student

as Dead American Soldier

as Alice

as Church Matron

as President Wentz

as Dead American Soldier

as Man In Synagogue