Vier mannen zijn gestorven. Zij ontmoeten elkaar in het vagevuur, waar ze herinneringen ophalen aan hun tijd op de katholieke school, toen John F. Kennedy nog president was en niemand nog gehoord had van Vietnam.

Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is Purgatory, the afterlife state of limbo between heaven and hell. In Purgatory, these friends reflect on their pasts while they were living. They especially focus on their years in Catholic School and their coming of age. This film talks a lot about sexual issues. One of the characters is an 18-year old sent to Vietnam who dies without ever losing his virginity and there is a middle-aged, homosexual alcoholic playwright who has still has problems dealing with his identity.