清朝末年,江南小镇。容家大太太知道自己丈夫在城里与一个叫嫣红的交际花同居,而且老爷似乎没有回家的打算。这一切都是因为大太太多年无所出。为了让老爷回家,她看上了佃农的女儿秀禾,因秀禾有着一张和自己年轻时一模一样的脸,决定用她来挽回老爷的欢心,同时令容家有后。然而接下来的事情谁都始料不及。当秀禾有喜的时候全家都喜乐无比,直到更惊人的真相出现——原来老爷是没有生育能力的,此时秀禾的怀孕成了最大的讽刺。。A portrait of a man who analyses his life on his 44th birthday. The past and the present, the actual and potential developments blend in a dreamy vision. "The protagonist seems to assume that travelling in time is possible, and things happen in an imaginary, invented time which he fittingly adjusts and changes", said Konwicki in the Film Press News 1/1972. The film is a formall...。