This screen adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic tells the tale of young David Copperfield; a boy brought to London at a young age and subsequently passed from one relative to another, to guardians and to a boarding school. The film has Copperfield as a young man reflecting on his life, through the use of flashbacks, while strolling along the beach. Remembering his past, Copperfield thinks about the good and bad that he's experienced during his childhood.