祖是一个来自问题家庭的边缘少年，其父失业又酗酒。某日，他发现父亲竟虐待其母，并捣烂她所有的黑胶唱片。祖决定偷钱为母购回黑胶唱片，并为父还清债项，但纸包不着火…… 　　治愈之汤。A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of his father's debts and to replace his mother's records that his father smashed in a fit of temper, Joe gets no thanks.