On a hot summer day, five teenagers go to a river to cool off. They swim, they sleep, they eat snacks and ice cream. As music and dialogue are missing, everyday sounds attract attention: bicycles riding on gravel, feet gliding through water, gasps and splutters.
In twelve short chapters, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt reflects on the loss of his younger brother in 1964. The inserted titles refer to the different stages of mourning.