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On his thirteenth birthday, a boy on the edge of puberty climbs the high dive at the public pool for the first time. At the top, he feels as if he can stop time and see the entire world laid out before him — but eventually he must jump.
A mundane married couple vacations at a tropical resort, where the husband becomes increasingly curious about a strange mother and son duo.
When a paddle-boating excursion goes wrong, a family makes one final sweet memory to cling onto during the years of separation and sadness that follow.
Attempting to have fun for once, a teenage girl witnesses death at an oceanside beach party.
A young man is working at a hotel resort during quarantine-era Covid. When a quirky couple comes to stay, his service to them makes him reconsider why he’s making the lifestyle choices he is and what the point is of self-restraint.
Hoping to win the faith of the girl he wants to marry, the best diver in the world prepares to dive from a platform one hundred feet above the ground, but doubt and fear creep in before he jumps.
For six straight years, Jack’s parents have forgotten to pick him up at the end of summer camp, leaving him stranded there year-round. But this summer, Jack’s dragon egg, a childhood gift from his grandmother, is finally going to hatch. While the egg offers Jack a chance at escape, it also comes between him and Nancy, his only friend.
A girl going through puberty hopelessly tries to hold onto childhood during a day at the beach, but meddling mothers push her to grow up.
A fourteen-year-old boy with a love for boats and fear of swimming sets out on a small adventure to reach the river and encounters some difficulties along the way.
On a family vacation in Cape Cod, a father struggles to understand his unhappiness with his family and inevitable aging, leading him to clash with his more commanding and radical brother-in-law. He finds solace in doting on his niece, until many years later when he will come to regret not saying anything about his brother-in-law's odd behavior.
