Eighteen-year-old Billy Joe McAllister is in love with Bobbie Lee, but her father refuses to allow her to receive gentlemen callers until she's sixteen. In the Mississippi Delta, a young man's fancy turns constantly to thoughts of love. Billy Joe's persistence is making it difficult for Bobbie Lee to maintain her virtue. The film demonstrates the tragic consequences of a young couple's first awkward grapplings with love and sex.
Ode to Billy Joe
Set against the backdrop of 1950s Mississippi, a poignant coming-of-age story unfolds as Bobbie Lee Hartley, a teenager, finds herself drawn to Billy Joe McAllister, whose fate is already sealed.
