Behind the closed doors of a suburban American house, a tumultuous storm brews when Gus finds himself consumed by lust for Henrietta, his older aloof cohabitant.
An outcast student and a theater reject test their budding relationship by putting on an audacious school play.
As First Lady Nancy Reagan holds an celebrity-filled anniversary party at the White House, President Ronald Reagan's aides desperately attempt to prevent an unprovoked nuclear attack he accidentally ordered.