英国郊区,一家人搬到一幢黑色的公寓中。父亲(Hanns Zischler 饰)在修葺院子时猝死,母亲(Sinéad Cusack 饰)则自此患病,每况愈下。为了不使四个孩子被福利机构领走,母亲坚持不去医院,最终郁郁离开人世。长子杰克(Andrew Robertson 饰)与长女朱莉(Charlotte Gainsbourg 夏洛特•甘斯布 饰)将母亲的尸体偷偷沉进水泥之中,带着弟妹汤姆(Ned Birkin 饰)和苏(Alice Coulthard 饰)独自生活。
四兄妹的生活虽然艰苦,却自由自在。杰克更与朱莉发展出一段禁忌之恋……
本片荣获第43届柏林电影节最佳导演奖、1993年英国第纳尔德电影节金希区柯克奖。。When Cheryl and her roommate quarrel, Cheryl moves into her aunt's skid-row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than return home to Ohio. The lodgers are odd, Aunt Martha is a moralizer obsessed with funerals, murder is afoot, and the inexperienced and trusting Cheryl may be the next victim. She wants to be treated like a woman, and she's drawn to George, a handsome photographer who ...。