华莉丝(莉亚•科贝德 Liya Kebede 饰)出生在索马里的沙漠和母亲过着游牧民族的生活。在三岁时,华莉丝按照索马里习俗就被施以女性割礼。十二岁时父亲为了得到五头骆驼,要将华莉丝嫁给六十岁的老叟。就在出嫁前夜,华莉丝在母亲的默许下,在沙漠中徒步很久投奔摩加迪沙的外祖母,也在外祖母那里获得了去给当时索马里驻英国大使夫人的姨妈作女佣的机会。到英国后不久,索马里爆发战争,旧政府被推翻,华莉丝趁乱再次...
A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a resul...
Cas Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, Cas kidnaps the infant to keep her from being ado...
Jon Katz是一名作家,他决定在家里已经有了两条狗的情况下,再收养一条并未经过任何训练的牧羊犬。自从这只牧羊犬来到家中,他就再没有过过一天安稳日子。因为饱受邻居的投诉和牧羊犬所带来的各种问题,他决定搬到郊区的一个旧农舍短暂生活,并继续写作。农舍附近的杂工见他和牧羊犬的相处存在如此大的问题,便介绍了一个有经验的养狗人给他。最终,在努力与牧羊犬培养信任的同时,他与家人的关系也在慢慢地改善……...