Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community, but everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
劳拉(朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)从未想到过,自己的婚姻竟然是如此的令她感到痛苦,短短3年中,丈夫马丁(帕特里克·博金 Patrick Bergin 饰)的控制欲和独占欲早已经远远超过了正常的范畴,而他的狂躁和暴力让劳拉不得不屈服于丈夫的监视和掌控之下。在一次出海游玩的旅程中,劳拉纵身跃入了大海,熟知水性的她故意在平日里装出一副恐…