

In 1917, New England Conservatory music student Lionel Worthing meets fellow student David White at a pub, where they instantly bond over their love of folk music before returning to David's apartment to have sex. As the two become closer, America gets involved in World War I, David is drafted and Lionel, who is ineligible due to his eyesight, returns to his home state of Kentucky when the conservatory closes. He sets music aside to tend to his family's farm after his father dies suddenly.