讲述比尔·奈伊扮演的主人公的一个儿子抱怨他不关心兄弟的失踪，而故事将围绕他和儿子、孙子的关系展开……
1991年法国杜维尔电影节观众奖 1991年圣丹斯电影节荧幕特别奖 1991年圣保罗国际电影节观众奖 高中辍学生玛利亚告诉家人自己怀孕后，父亲倒毙地上，母亲把她踢出家门，男朋友弃她而去。于是她孤零零一个人无家可归。此时她遇上马修。他是个修理电子器械很有天分的高中毕业生，但他有个原则：质量至上，这使得他每份工作都做不长久。当玛利亚接受了马修的帮助，他们便展开一段令彼此发生转变的关系…… When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor. Her mother kicks her out of the house and her boyfriend dumps her, so Maria is left alone and homeless. This is when she meets Matthew Slaughter. Matthew is an educated high school graduate with a great talent for fixing electronic devices, but he can't hang on to a job because of his principled attitude towards quality. When Maria accepts Matthew's offer to help her, they begin to form a relationship with each other in which both of them begin to change.
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在缅因州某个宁静的小镇上，居民们均能守望相助地过活。可是，当这儿开设了一间古董店后，竟然令当地人生活起了变化，居民变得异常暴戾，为小故互相攻击。探长彭本苦无线索，头痛不已，开始怀疑古董店老板古伦的一举一动，最后发现一些耐人寻味的内幕。
