Trettenårige Jonas har fået nok af sine forældres hyppige skænderier og stikker derfor af hjemmefra. Han skjuler sig i en forladt, forfalden gård og bliver venner med den alkoholiserede forhenværende pilot Tom.
Fed up with his quarreling middle class parents, thirteen-year-old Jonas runs away from home. He seeks his freedom in the woods, where he befriends a girl his own age and a drunken ex-pilot, who offers him some warmth and understanding.
