Disarmingly realistic in its depiction of the realities of frontier life, Heartland is a strong antidote to the cliches of traditional Westerns. This semi-documentary slice of life is based on the diaries of Elmore Randall Stewart about her days on the Wyoming frontier in the early 20th century. It's a strongly feminist statement about a woman raising her small daughter alone and scrapping for a living by working for a shy Scottish rancher. Director Richard Pearce brings an endearing touch to a film that is helped greatly by the dazzling cinematography of Fred Murphy. Conchata Ferrell and Rip Torn star in this small film that substitutes veracity for a high-powered plot. Pearce worked as a cinematographer on Woodstock and other documentaries before making his directorial debut.
Winner of the 1980 Berlin Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival。美国,某城市近郊。
已准备在伦敦一家医院供职的汉科,携5岁的儿子丹尼到好友理查家话别。此间,巧遇好友的妻子格雷斯分娩,接生的汉科发现脐带缠住婴儿的脖子,危急中,丹尼在父亲的授意下,将小手伸进产妇的体内将脐带解开,使格雷斯顺利产下一可爱的女婴,取名安娜。此时丹尼看着小安娜,一个奇特的想法油然而生,“我要娶她”这句话当众脱口而出。
二十年后,丹尼从英国回到熟悉的小镇,并与安娜不期而遇……。满清末年,天下大乱,白沙镇第一名医君无忌的女儿绮罗(霍思燕饰)虽然美丽动人,却胆大妄为。沐家寨和武林至尊明家堡剑拔弩张,火并频繁,而无忌则在纷争中起着举足轻重的作用。绮罗偶然邂逅沐家寨少主沐晟(钟汉良饰),她对这个男子心生爱意。未久,明帝被下属夺权杀害,他的儿子明不戒(刘冠翔饰)即位,自幼和绮罗一起长大的沈斯如(孙菲菲饰)贪图富贵,进入明家堡,几经周折后夺得实权,发誓报复君家。在江湖乱世的狂风暴雨之中,绮罗遭受了有生以来最痛心疾首的遭遇。而这朵带刺的玫瑰花,也不可避免被卷入江湖纷争漩涡的最深处。 女人的悲剧,恰恰铸就了女人的传奇……。