Charlie is an inmotivated young man who lives at home with his stepfather and mother. He falls for a woman of his age, who has a serious boyfriend.

Eugene Brown, an ex-felon, creates a Chess Club in Washington D.C. for inner-city teenagers.

Don McKay is living a very lowly life as a janitor. Then he receives a letter from his high school girlfriend, Sonny, who announces that she is dying and that…