唐·麦凯是一所中学的看门人,在一场悲剧后背井离乡。25年后,当他回到家乡时,又与老情人重新燃起了爱火,只是,老情人此时正遭受癌症的折磨,但不管怎么说,这次回家带给唐·麦凯的要比希望的多……一个略带惊悚意味的爱情故事,情节基调微微伤感,却在伤感中蕴藏着深厚的情感爆发力。影片的三位主演均为好莱坞的奥斯卡级人物,托马斯·哈登·丘奇曾凭借《杯酒人生》获得奥斯卡最佳男配角提名,伊丽莎白·苏和梅丽莎·里奥则分别凭借《远离赌城》和《冰冻之河》获得奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。。Dao returns home and finds her fiance in bed with another woman. She shoots them dead on the spot. She is sentenced to 10 years in prison. She gets out eventually and stays with a friend who runs an escort service and learns that women are even caged in the outside world.。