大虾与虾嫂在一次偶然的机会下,发现父亲留给他们的瘦田原来是一块宝地,内藏宝珠十粒。宝珠有神奇力量,呼风唤雨无所不能。这事被无恶不作的大帅得知后便带兵到大虾家抢宝珠,混乱中,大虾和大虾嫂各吞下五粒宝珠,分头逃走了。当天晚上,雷电交错,大虾生下了五个孩子,虾嫂同一时间也生下了五个孩子,这十个孩子都拥有不同的特异功能……。Menkes’ spellbinding, formally inventive first feature follows detached sex worker Ida (Tinka Menkes) through the bars, flophouses and swimming pools of East Los Angeles as she moves inextricably towards an unexpected spiritual awakening. Blending poetry by Anne Sexton, Mary Daly and Gertrude Stein, with allusions to Catholicism and mediaeval witch hunts, this stylish and slow-...。