2008年2月12日,加州年仅14岁的男生布兰顿·迈克伦向同班同学、15岁的同性恋拉里·金后脑勺连开两枪,直接导致后者不治身亡,该事件震动全美。它究竟是一桩仇恨罪行,还是如布兰顿说的,由于娘气的拉里·金对他有意思而引起他的恐慌心理?真相是什么?21年监禁的司法判决又是否公正?纪录片讲述了一个不宽容的社会如何造就了两个受害人。◎QAFOn February 12, 2008, in Oxnard, California, eighth-grade student Brandon McInerney shot his classmate Larry King twice in the back of the head during first period. When Larry died two days later, his murder shocked the nation. Was this a hate crime, one perpetrated by a budding neo-Nazi whose masculinity was threatened by an effeminate gay kid who may have had a crush on him? Or was there even more to it? Looking beyond all the copious news coverage of this tragic event, Valentine Road tells the story of two victims: the deceased and the murderer. With keen insight, the film connects the human wreckage of Larry's and Brandon's troubled lives-both physically abused, both from broken homes, and both searching for a sense of belonging.