In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
