Not Fade Away

In 1960s suburban New Jersey, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big. In his late teens, Douglas Damiano lives with: his father Pat, who suffers from psoriasis and is physically rough with Douglas; his mother Antoinette, who frequently grows hysterical and threatens suicide; and his sister Evelyn, the film's narrator. Douglas sees his friend Eugene Gaunt singing and playing lead guitar for a band in high school, and resolves to join the band to earn the affections of a Grace Dietz. Douglas gets his chance when the band's drummer, Schindewulf, is drafted to go to Vietnam.