In 1983 Owl, North Dakota, the lives of three residents – elderly Horace, who spends his afternoons reminiscing in the local coffee shop; teenage Mitch, depressed backup quarterback star player-power-horse; and newly appointed high school English teacher Julia – along with those of the town's other residents, are upended by a historic whiteout blizzard.
Keywords: 1980s , based-on-novel-or-book , blizzard , coffee-shop , depression , high-school , mental-health , north-dakota , woman-director