It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and homan, an african American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the school for the incurable and feebleminded, and have been left to la...It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and homan, an african American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the school for the incurable and feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow.