心里阴暗的哈里队长深夜潜入局长办公室，找到了拉萨雷校长年届退休的证据，哈里志满意得，认为这是顶替拉萨雷的绝好机会。另一方面，校长又送走了一批毕业生，在典礼上，官方宣布了拉萨雷即将退休的消息，而一生兢兢...

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.