American schoolchildren sneak off from the Fourth of July celebrations to hide out in their secret fort - but when they get there, they are shocked to discover a stranded Russian sailor has made the den his own. Luckily for him, the kids decide to help him make his way home rather than hand him over to the authorities. Comedy drama, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Whip Hubley, Peter Billingsley and Stefan DeSalle.

A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and will bring them no danger and thus go against the ideas of their parents, as well as the government.