A new school year begins at the time-honoured Welton Academy, a boarding school for boys. Todd Anderson and his friends are fascinated by their new English teacher John Keating with his unconventional views and teaching methods. He encourages the boys to avoid clichés and look at things with different eyes. Infected by his enthusiasm, the boys bring the Dead Poets' Club back to life. But how long can they evade the conventions of school? Abitur recommendation on the topics of education and growing up.