When Kirk, a top roller-blader, discovers that he has bone cancer in his leg, his pleasant affluent life is shattered. Even though amputation provides the best chance for survival; to him, losing skating means the end of life. His friends cannot cope with his condition, but his hospital isolation is relieved by Marty - a street kid survivor who was found dying of leukemia. Marty bullies, taunts, and challenges Kirk, until he begins to climb out of his depression. Marty seems afraid of nothing and, knowing she will die, wants to experience everything.

Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.

二十世纪三十年代的一片海滩上，12岁的杰夫幻想着种种美妙奇遇。但在遇见菲尔波之后，他认识到了幻想与现实间的差别。杰夫•克罗姆相信世上确有奇迹。在孩提时代的最后一个完美夏季，在自己生活的这片海滩上，他每天都会看到奇迹发生。 他把父亲的告诫当作耳旁风，与菲尔波结下了友谊。菲尔波是个奇特、瘦弱、神秘的孩子，怀抱着一个远大的抱负：成为奥运会冠军。 菲尔波接受了一项无望获胜的挑战，要在海滩上与人赛跑，杰夫想尽了办法——增强体质，力量训练，调整饮食，甚至祷告，希望能帮助他赢得比赛。 可是菲尔波对这些东西不屑一顾，认定自己可以创造奇迹赢得胜利。 杰夫是那样坚定地相信菲尔波的奇迹真会出现，原本生活中的一切——家人，邻里，还有童年的那些纯真梦想，都变得不再重要。