故事发生在1977年的英国伦敦,一位名为谢波德(玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith 饰)的老太太开着她的姥爷车来到了一个位于这里的中产社区中。谢波德没有家,吃喝拉撒都在自己的车里,换句话说,在别人的眼中,她就是一名脏兮兮臭烘烘的流浪汉。 在这个社区里生活的中产们凭借着他们出色的教养容忍了谢波德女士的入侵,然而他们的善良和宽容却并没有换来谢波德太太的好脸色。这个脾气又倔又犟的老太太让生活在这里的人吃尽了苦头。久而久之,没有人再搭理谢波德太太了,除了一个看上去憨憨的剧作家阿兰(阿历克斯·杰宁斯 Alex Jennings 饰),他不仅每天都对谢波德太太笑脸相迎,甚至同意她占用自己家的车道停车。
Cannes Film Festival YearResultAwardCategoryRecipient(s) 1980 Won Best Supporting Actress Milena Dravic Tied with Carla Gravina and Terrazza, La (1980). Nominated Golden Palm Goran Paskaljevic Golden Globes, USA YearResultAwardCategoryRecipient(s) 1981 Nominated Golden Globe Best Foreign Film Brushed with shadings of a larger social and political commentary, this occasionally hilarious and consistently funny comedy looks at a closet alcoholic, Dr. Ilich (Ljuba Tadic) who treats alcoholism in others with an iron hand and a zany therapeutical approach. Between the music of Wagner, a diet in which apples figure prominently, and exercises that look like Chicken Little in take-off mode, the doctor is convinced his patients will be cured. What really ails most of them is what caused their alcohol problem in the first place -- so when the eccentric doctor takes six of his patients to a nearby brewery to demonstrate the success of his treatment, chaos results. First the apples taken on the trip are spiked by one patient (two of them clink their apples in joy) and then the brewery management and its own alcohol-addicted crew add to the patients' antics.
在五十岁的时候,皮帕·李(罗宾·莱特·潘 Robin Wright Penn 饰)已经和一名很有才气的出版商人结婚了30年,有两个事业成功的双胞胎儿子,还有一个她很敬重的朋友兼邻居。但是,丈夫决定退休后要离开纽约搬到郊区过田园生活,而且皮帕·李发现丈夫还与一个比她年轻得多的女人有染,在生活遭到打击的情况下,她回忆起自己的过往,发现了自身的真正需求,以相当大胆方式揭露了丈夫的另一面,也给自己找到了生活的另一条出路