A group of students who are participating in a university's summer science camp are drawn into an incredible quagmire of conflicts, ranging from the relatively simple conflict between an engaging and forthright young teacher and his older manipulative colleague, to a contest pitting political correctness against free scientific inquiry. Despite the murkiness of some of the issues in the latter conflict, the students pitch in enthusiastically on what they believe to be the side of righteousness, and passions rise to fever pitch.
~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide。我国东北某村的赵老头在女儿婚姻自主的问题上十分落后保守。坚持包办婚姻,而女儿赵小兰早已有自己的心上人。在村领导的帮助和教育下,赵老头经过一系列事实的教育和村主席、妇女主任的劝说,思想终于有了转变,认识到封建包办买卖婚姻的害处和自由式由婚姻的好处。赵小兰和青年周永刚登记结婚,一家人沉浸在幸福的欢笑声中。。1941年,派葛·帕汉姆已经成了家,做了母亲,她的家住在英属哥伦比亚的一个小镇上。阿亚·卡瓦施玛出生范库弗峰,父母是日本人,从小生活优越并受到良好的教育。当日本袭击珍珠港后,加拿大政府便要求所有日本人离开那里。阿亚被迫搬走,从而成了派葛的邻居。
这部影片主要讲述了这两个年轻女人在特殊的时期相遇,克服恐惧和猜疑并建立了长达一生的友谊的故事。。