20世纪60年代，亚洲在自由开放的大环境下，亚洲古老的爱尔兰仍保持着古板和保守的风气。在这里，所有被认为堕落的女孩都要被送入玛德莲女子学院接受感化，而等待他们的不是和风细雨，而是无尽的黑暗与绝望。玛格丽特（Anne-Marie Duff 饰）在家族婚礼上被堂兄奸污，这件事在婚礼现场口耳相传，她的委屈并未得到伸张，反而被作为“不洁的女孩”送走；活泼漂亮的伯纳黛特（Nora-Jane Noone 饰）是男孩们追逐的对象，她为了自己的“轻佻”付出了代价；罗丝（Dorothy Duffy 饰）未婚先孕，为了所谓的前途被迫放弃了自己的孩子。三个女孩来到了玛德莲女子学院，她们还不知道，这是一个有来无回的绝望之地……
雷查尔斯
回复 :Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}Richard Hardy, a hardworking stockbroker, labors overtime to keep up with the ruinous bills incurred by his beautiful but irresponsible wife Edith, a venal, spoiled socialite who is impervious to his pleas for fiscal restraint. Acting on what she believes to be an insider information, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the Red Cross charity she chairs for a stock tip. When she finds the money has been lost, she desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader with whom she has been thoughtlessly flirting and persuades him to replace the money in exchange for an assignation. When her husband's long-awaited business deal finally materializes, she desperately tries to withdraw from their agreement by replacing the money. Angered and disappointed with her resistance to his advances, he uses a branding device to mark her shoulder as his property. Feeling violated, Edith shoots him in the shoulder and leaves. In order to protect his wife's reputation, Richard confesses to the crime and faces trial for attempted murder. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
龚柯允
回复 :一篇小說與一段現實，三個同志與兩場婚姻，當愛情與親情難以調和時，生活蔓延出難以安居的無奈與遺憾。此片透過對傳統婚姻觀念的省思，來看待少數性取向的人們在生活中所面臨的壓迫與抑鬱，從而叩問何謂幸福的家庭價值觀？
林忆莲
回复 :35岁的诺拉（帕克•波西 Parker Posey 饰）是曼哈顿的一个成功的职业女性――她是一间高级酒店的客服主管。虽然她精明能干，一眼就能看穿客人的需要，但是她却一直未能找到自己的爱情归宿，她在处理感情方面简直一塌糊涂。诺拉曾同酒店的客人――明星尼克发生过关系，但当她满怀憧憬的时候，才发现对方不过是为了演出而和她体验生活。在一个个“第一次约会”失败后，心灰意冷的诺拉遇上了说着一口蹩脚英语的法国人朱利安（梅尔维•珀波 Melvil Poupaud 饰）。两人的感情迅速升温，可是朱利安很快就要回法国了，他邀请诺拉和他一起“私奔”。可是感情屡受挫折的诺拉竟忽然没了信心，拒绝了朱利安。当朱利安回国后，诺拉才恍然大悟：自己再也没法忘掉这个男人。于是她在好友陪伴下来到了巴黎。
