An old man looks back on his boyhood idolization of a soldier he sees in the parade - until his hero is forced off the pedestal after trying to steal a prized horse from the boy's father.

Upon seeing the image of his friend shot dead in the newspaper, a man reflects on their childhood experience with police corruption and criminals to understand the moment his friend turned to a life of crime.

Yvonne and Matthew, a couple now in their seventies, think back on their relationship and remember the affairs, the drunken ex wife, and Yvonee's cancer.