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