A college boy is framed for drug dealing by a political leader and a corrupt cop. This incident uproots his normal, simple life and he starts walking on the path that he is accused of.
On the day a young photographer is moving out of his place to live with his girlfriend, he meets the stunning girl moving in and falls in love with her at first sight.
When his father caught his 12-year-old son masturbating over a pornographic magazine, he does not punish him but he states: "If you do this fifty times - you will die".
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
A player in a famous orchestra finds sexual experiences with a Russian opera singer, which he enjoys much because his wife has just left due to the fact that he has purchased a porno movie.
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself.