AWOL is the tough but tender story of three brothers, H, 18, unemployed and into petty crime, Casey, an innocent, warm hearted 15-year-old with learning difficulties and 10-month-old Severino .
The film starts when social services split the family up after the death of their mother. Casey takes the only action open to him; he ‘snatches’ his baby brother and goes on the run in search of his estranged father, Casey thinks that if he finds his dad everything will be alright.