The draft has been reinstated. Many American youths take refuge, fleeing to Canada. At the urging of his mother, one draft dodger - Hayden - must risk imprisonment, returning home to visit his ailing father. Liver failing and unable to receive the transplant he desperately needs, his father lies in a hospital bed waiting to die. Hayden's mother watches from his bedside, unsure of what her son's arrival will mean for her family.