讲述了南非的一个白人小男孩和两个黑人服务员的故事。哈里是个在南非长大的白人小孩，山姆和威利是他家餐厅的两个服务员，哈里从小就跟他们感情很好，他们对哈里来说亦师亦友。哈里的父亲是个爱酗酒的残疾人，他要从医院回家的消息使得哈里心烦意乱。。。父亲强迫他听种族歧视的笑话，他因为父亲感到羞愧难忍，最终还是山姆帮他恢复了自信
        This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck
        between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his
        caretaker, Sam. Sam is a black waiter and Hally's friend and teacher
        Hally is required to laugh at his father's racist jokes, by contrast
        Sam exposes Hally to uplifting experiences. One day Hally was terribly
        humiliated by his father and Sam shows Hally how to be proud of
        something he can achieve