June, 2003. During the final month of their year-long stay in Fiji, indie-film gurus John and Janet Pierson and their two children host a documentary film crew. John's been showing free movies at the 288-seat 180 Meridian Cinema, in remote Natokalan Village on the island of Taveuni. Reality intrudes in paradise: their home is burgled, the local Catholic priest criticizes John's...。吉恩在妻子去世后想同加利福尼亚的一位女子佩吉结婚,但遭到父亲的强烈反对;后来母亲死了,吉恩想要父亲做一个看门的职业,也遭到父亲的反对;他又建议老父与他一道去加州,老父却坚持住在纽约。结果吉恩负气离家出走。本片反映了现实生涯中子女如何对待父母,尤其是孤寡老人的问题。另一方面也对社会上广为流传的“子恨父",“父摆架子"的两代人之间在的对立情绪给予了绝妙的讽刺。本片获得奥斯卡最佳编剧、最佳男主角、最佳男配角的提名。。