The film is a coming of age drama about two ragamuffin preadolescents, next door neighbours from dysfunctional families living on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland, who run away together one Christmas holiday.

They climb aboard over the protests of the captain, who gives them a ride to the end of the line, near Dublin and tells them about Bob Dylan—Dylan's namesake.

They start knocking on random doors and asking passers-by if they know him and a woman informs them that he was kicked out for fighting six months earlier.

Kylie reveals that her uncle sexually assaulted her, forcing her to go along with it and gaining her terrified silence by telling her that no one would believe her.

Kylie and Dylan share a passionate kiss, they find boxes to sleep on and spend the night on the street.

[4] Rex Reed of The New York Observer called it a "poignant little film" and "a serendipitous journey worth taking".

But more than the story, which circles back on itself, the natural performances of its young stars, Shane Curry and especially Kelly O'Neill, nonprofessional actors, lend the movie a core of integrity.