모두가 창의적인 자기표현으로 서로 경쟁하는 학교에서 16살 소녀 몰리는 또래 친구들과 달리 소심하여 자신을 숨기고 싶어 한다. 어느 날 젊고 잘생긴 영어 선생님이 자신의 세계를 펼칠 수 있게 도움을 주자 어느새 학교생활이 즐거워진다. 학생과 선생님의 유대는 더욱 친밀해지고, 몰리는 그녀가 원하는 것을 추구하며 뜻밖의 길에 자신을 두기 시작한다. 불가능한 로맨스를 향한 어색하고도 아름다운 한걸음을 내딛으며 몰리는 그녀가 사랑하는 모든 사람들과 멀어질 위험을 무릅쓰게 되는데...
Swinging London, 1969. From his flat in Notting Hill Gate, Ray Purbbs edits an 'underground' (that is, counterculture) magazine, Mouth, assisted by his fellow hippies Alex, Jill and Hugo. Ray is passionate about protest, ludicrously enthusiastic about every hip trend and convinced he is (or could be) a major player in the battle between the Establishment and the alternative society. Alex - though he comes from a wealthy background and seems more interested in golf than altering society - is coolness personified, a man so laid-back he seems to exist outside of reality. Jill embraces all the new-found liberty afforded her gender and claims to espouse free love, though this attitude doesn't stretch to her 'boyfriend', Ray, long been deprived of her carnal interest. Hugo is spectacularly vague, almost brilliant in his obliqueness. Led by Ray, the quartet jump on every trendy bandwagon and comprehensively fail to make the slightest bit of difference in all they do. The gang are pretty useless at everything - in fact, they're not even that good at being hippies.
