A 19-year-old Australian has a fateful encounter with an Afghan refugee in his hometown in rural New South Wales.

Hal falls in love with Randa, but the world around them is about to get much more complicated.

Hal decides to introduce Randa to the Brackley crowd, but their reaction is not what he anticipated.

Hal and Randa are forbidden from seeing each other in the wake of 9/11. Hal devises a plan as Randa deals with the threat of deportation.