In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
Logan Lerman
as Marcus Messner
Sarah Gadon
as Olivia Hutton
Tracy Letts
as Dean Caudwell
Linda Emond
as Esther Messner
Joanne Baron
as Mrs. Greenberg
Ben Rosenfield
as Bertram Flusser
Philip Ettinger
as Ron Foxman
Pico Alexander
as Sonny Cottler
Noah Robbins
as Marty Ziegler
Danny Burstein
as Max Messner
Susan Varon
as Mrs. Dadidovich
Bryan Burton
as Ben
