A young priest is put in an agonising dilemma when he hears a confession of a murderer.

Eleven-year-old Steve is the smallest boy in class. He thinks girls are soppy, detests football and prefers painting. To alleviate his loneliness, he occasionally escapes into an excitingly violent fantasy realm of his own creation. His best mate Stuart is the only solid thing in a comfortless world where people argue too much… usually about Steve.

When a work-related dispute erupts between their fathers, the friendship of teenagers Joseph and Peter is put under strain.