New York pretentious Diana Sullivan is writing a series of articles on the theme of family for Cosmopolitan magazine. Primarily to keep an eye on her but also because of the personal connection, Diana invites her mid-teen daughter, Grace Sullivan, to accompany her on a trip to research the next in the series, dealing with their own family, most specifically a wing that lives deep in the backwaters of the Louisiana bayou, which has been largely overtaken by oil companies of late. They are most directly connected by brothers: Diana's grandfather Mike, and Joe, the patriarch of the Louisiana wing. Diana and Grace have never met their Louisiana relations, they in turn who do not even know that Diana and Grace exist. As difficult as it becomes, Diana and Grace are able to meet their Louisiana relations, led by Joe's widowed young wife, Ruth Sullivan, who acts as if Joe is still with them, who sees anything related to the city as suspect, and who rules her household with an iron fist to ...
戛纳影后
继《不结婚的女人》后，Jill Clayburgh又演了一回我非常喜欢的女性角色。难以想象的奇异情怀，一切不合理在这里都有了立足点，那片湿地就像个远离现代社会的梦，困住人们的心，更像是以一己之力对回忆以及另一种大众生活方式的反抗，醒来后还是要重新生活。
New York pretentious Diana Sullivan is writing a series of articles on the theme of family for Cosmopolitan magazine. Primarily to keep an eye on her but also because of the personal connection Diana invites her mid-teen daughter Grace Sullivan to accompany her on a trip to research the next in the series dealing with their own family most specifically a wing that lives ...
电影有点顾左右而言他的味道，最后再绕回来。
在一种畸形的家庭关系下，「母亲/家庭支撑人」却无意识成为「父权」的帮凶与维护者，有种入木三分的影射，往往灾难的受害人与遗孤反而继承了暴君/极权的体系。
