Adapted from the
novel by Eleanor Henderson, TEN THOUSAND SAINTS is a coming - of - age story
about three teenagers in late 1980s New York City — Jude (Asa Butterfield), new to the city from Vermont, «straight - edge»
musician Johnny (Emile Hirsch), and troubled, rich uptown girl Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld)-- who break away from their messed - up parents (Ethan Hawke and Emily Mortimer) to form their own surrogate family.