Rites of Passage (2012): Cast & Plot

1 GPA threshold and a reputation as the country’s #4 party school. Amid the clamor of exams, social feeds, and reckless nights, Nathan Ryan Donowho, a diligent anthropology student, grows increasingly vocal about a deeper hunger: a ceremony to mark the passage from youth to adulthood that he feels his world sorely lacks. His professor, Stephen Dorff as Professor Nash, embodies a troubling mix of charisma and moral looseness; he openly pursues intimate liaisons with female students and feeds off Nathan’s suggestion that an old, unoccupied family ranch could cradle an ancient burial ground. The idea of hosting a ceremonial sweat lodge over the burial site wins Nash’s curiosity, and the plan quickly takes root.