Trije najstniški prijatelji Joe, Patrick in Biaggio se odločijo pobegniti od sitnih staršev in preživeti poletje po svoje sredi gozda, neodvisno od svojih zateženih družin in civilizacije. Zgradijo si leseno hišo in skušajo živeti od hrane, ki jo sami naberejo ali ulovijo. Zdi se, da je prekrasna narava res svoboda, po kateri hrepenijo. Toda divjina vedno pokaže pravi obraz, ko vanjo vstopi mladostniška ljubezen. Njihovo samostojno življenje bo zakompliciralo čedno dekle.
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.