Summary

When a nameless drifter girl steps off the bus, she enters into the lives of two lonely brothers. In spite of her immediate attraction to the younger brother Tommy, she befriends the older brother Victor - a lovable lummox who is often the butt of the joke at the local watering hole. Victor is hard of hearing and mentally soft on account of a car accident in their childhood. The mysterious girl courts danger and adventure but brings fresh life and love into the world of these paralyzed, resigned characters and upsets the delicate balance of their lies - to each other and to themselves.