De twaalfjarige Colin weet weinig over zijn vader, behalve dat hij in de oorlog moet hebben gevochten. Zijn moeder, volledig geabsorbeerd door de nachtclub waar ze werkt, zegt niets over hem en Colin zoekt zijn toevlucht tot films voor beelden over hoe zijn vader zou zijn geweest....


Twelve-year-old Colin knows little about his father except that he must have fought in the war. His mother, totally absorbed by the nightclub where she works, says nothing about him, and Colin turns to films for images of what his father might have been. Weaving in and out of Colin's real life, his imagined film explores issues of loyalty and betrayal and searches for the answer to the question 'What is a man?'