Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past: he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.
(http://www.input2002.com/en/film/24418.html)。夏洛特(简·西蒙斯 Jean Simmons 饰)和丈夫阿诺尔德(丹·奥赫里奇 Dan O'Herlihy 饰)之间的婚姻并不幸福,她一直怀疑自己同父异母的妹妹乔安(朗达·弗莱明 Rhonda Fleming 饰)和阿诺尔德之间有着不正当的关系。这种怀疑日日夜夜的折磨着夏洛特,终于令她精神失常,最终被送进了精神病院中。 经过了一段时间的调养,夏洛特出院回到了家中,这一次,她不希望再生出什么事端了,只想要过平静的生活。然而,阿诺尔德对待夏洛特的态度非常的冷漠,村里的人也都将夏洛特当成是一个疯女人一般的对待,只有房客雅各布(小埃弗伦·津巴利斯特 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 饰)经常陪夏洛特聊天解闷。。