Swoon (1992) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1992 · 93 mins · English

Directed by

Tom Kalin

Starring

Todd Haynes, Michael Kirby, Craig Chester, Ron Vawter, Adina Porter, James Lyons

Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb form a perilous sexual bond and adopt an amoral worldview. They pass their afternoons prowling storefronts, breaking in and committing petty thefts, until the calculating Nathan decides to raise the stakes, kidnapping and ultimately murdering a young boy, spiraling their crime into tragedy.