Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.