本片根据威廉福克纳的原着改编。叙事描述在漂亮国南方的密州小镇，壹个腐朽且死气沉沉的富户，因为壹名强悍的年轻佃农闯入他的生活而引致情况发生了整个变化。本片是壹部文学艺术拾分浓厚的电影，导演马丁．瑞特对气氛的营造非常成功，对几位主角的幸格刻画也非常深入有力，可惜结局有点泄气之感，此外，本片的剧本和原着小说有很大的出入。...

Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of 嗄l (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 Du...