In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
as Marcus Messner
as Olivia Hutton
as Dean Caudwell
as Esther Messner
as Mrs. Greenberg
as Bertram Flusser
as Ron Foxman
as Sonny Cottler
as Marty Ziegler
as Max Messner
as Mrs. Dadidovich
as Ben
as Anker
as Mo Greenberg
as Miss Clement
as David
as Student
as Church Volunteer
as Student
as Student
as Young Nurse
as History Student
as Sophomore Girl
as College Nurse
as Family Friend at Shiva & Synagogue
as Student
as College Student
as Dead American Soldier
as Alice
as Church Matron
as President Wentz
as Dead American Soldier
as Man In Synagogue