过去南非仍采取黑白种族隔离政策时,西方曾拍摄不少攻击此政策的影片,本片是其中佳作之一,改编自真人真事。 剧情透过白人新闻记者戴娜的十三岁女儿莫莉的眼光,观察当时南非社会不人道的特殊状况,以丰富而动人的感情场面来烘托出严肃的主题。 莫莉之父因从事反对运动躲避官方追捕而逃到国外,母亲则被南非政府施行“九十天拘禁法”,成为第一位因反对黑白隔离而遭拘禁的白人女子。她与家人长期分离,又遭逼供而不肯招认同志,一度企图服药自尽。莫莉与两个妹妹在外婆照顾下亦遭严密监控,形同家庭
Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since
《杀戮战场》和《教会》的两届金像奖摄影大师克里斯.门杰斯,在升任导演后喜欢回到英国故乡执慰一些小品文艺片,本片就是以威尔斯小镇为背景的伦理亲情故事。一位感情高度压抑的邮局局长,为了抒解单身生活的寂寞,他领养了一名十岁的小孩。可是这个孩子也有严重的内心困惑,经常制造麻烦,使他原来规矩的生活为之破坏。经过一段时间相处之后,两人都学会了“退而求其次"的道理。这部生活化的家庭小品整个调子有点苍凉,结束也太唐突,但因演出精彩,看起来还是相当感人的。
Divorced mom Tracy Cross raises her 12-year-old son, Christopher, in Key West in 1969 around the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing. A waitress, she becomes a stripper to support herself and Chris.The film includes a scene where fourteen-year-old actor Da