Three inner-city teens find themselves stranded in a secluded beach house. In this strange and magical setting, Ray, his brother Spider and the pregnant Maria, set up housekeeping for the last few weeks of summer. But when jealousies erupt, forcing them to choose their alliances, their makeshift family is put to the test.

Near the shadow of the George Washington Bridge, a young Dominican teenager is hunted by a drug kingpin as his older brother must fight for both their survival over the course of a day in their Washington Heights neighborhood of New York.