Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, while Peg recovers. Since Lisa is a speaking child, Marg thinks of h…

本片按照威廉福克纳的原着改编。故事描写在美国南方的密州小镇，一个陈旧迂腐且暮气沉沉的富户，因为一位强悍的年轻佃农闯进他的生存而引致情况产生了整个改变。本片是一部文学艺术很是浓厚的影戏，导演马丁．瑞特对空气的营建很是成功，对几位主角的性情描画也很是深进有力，惋惜终局有点气馁之感，此外，本片的剧本和原着小说有很大的进出。