儿媳妇的孝心缓解公公的性欲

1982年，英国。一位年轻有抱负的日英混血作家准备书写其母亲——1952年，英国。战后移英的日本妇人悦子，因长女自杀而忆起在长崎的最后一段时光。悦子与妇人幸子相遇，幸子也准备和女儿出国，对新生活翘首以待。然而，作家在拼凑线索及母亲的记忆碎片时，渐渐发现母亲的记忆与现实相左.…..石川庆改编诺贝尔文学奖得主石黑一雄早年同名原著，双线刻划战后女性挣扎求存之境，表面平静实质波澜不休，折射出大时代下压抑而沉重的集体记忆与痛苦。

　　布雷克（克里斯托弗·阿波特 Christopher Abbott 饰）是一名住在旧金山的丈夫和父亲。当他自己的父亲失踪并被判定死亡之后，他继承了他位于俄勒冈州乡下偏远地区的童年老家。当他和他事业有成的女强人妻子夏莉特（朱莉娅·加纳 Julia Garner 饰）的婚姻逐渐走向破裂，布雷克就说服夏莉特带着他们年幼的女儿金洁（玛蒂尔达·弗 思 Matilda Firth 饰）一起离开城市，前往他的童年老家度假。　　但是当这一家人在深夜来到这座农舍时，他们突然遭到一只看不见的怪兽攻击，为了逃离危险，他们就躲进农舍里面，并且将所有入口封住，而那只怪兽则在外面徘徊。当他们惊惧地试图度过漫漫长夜时，布雷克却开始出现奇怪的举动，而且逐渐变成一种不知名的怪物，于是夏莉特就被迫必须决定：到底是屋内的恐怖更致命，还是外面的危险更可怕？

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

 克莱默夫妇像普通的美国夫妇一样，克莱默先生（达斯汀•霍夫曼 Dustin Hoffman 饰）在外工作挣钱，克莱默夫人（梅丽尔•斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰）则在家照料照料6岁的儿子比利（贾斯汀•亨利 Justin Henry 饰）。由于克莱默先生忙于工作忽略了家庭，克莱默夫人某天愤然出走，留下了父子两。克莱默先生现在一方面要忙于工作，一方面又要照顾比利，生活一时陷入麻烦中。克莱默先生不善家务，在照料比利时洋相百出：第一次为比利煎西多士、过程十分恐怖；比利不吃饭要吃雪糕，克莱默先生想阻止却不懂沟通……幸好在女邻居的帮助下，克莱默先生逐渐适应了单身父亲的生活。父子两越来越亲密，互相依赖。这时，克莱默夫人回来了，她已经是纽约一名出色的设计师了。她回来要拿回比利的抚养权……