- 裘德(克里斯托弗·埃克莱斯顿 Christopher Eccleston饰)在农村长大,一心要用知识改变命运,考取大学成为了他的奋斗目标。但是,年少的欲望却让他与当地一个姑娘发生了关系,大学梦也随之破碎。 不久姑娘远走澳洲,寻觅更美好的生活。剩下裘德和他的梦想,继续在这里萌芽成长。裘德为了能考上大学,专门搬到大学城附近苦苦寻求机会。同时在这里,表妹苏(凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet饰)让他暗暗倾心。迫于亲缘的关系,二人都不敢打破禁忌。当苏嫁给了他人,裘德终于冲破了心中压抑已久的感情。他们不理世俗,不想后果,只要一起。即使流浪到天涯都无所畏惧。然而,不幸终究来临。他们的孩子为这一切付上了沉重的代价,裘德和苏的感情,亦迎来了寒冷的严冬。
- A suicidal alcoholic’s last day teems with images of anxiety and Kafkaesque paranoia. Adapted from Marek Hlasko’s novel ‘The First Step in the Clouds’, Has’ feature debut is cinematic delirium tremens, as young man Kuba Kowalski escapes his cramped flat to wander from bar to bar, unable to escape the trap of isolation. The metaphorical noose tightens as Kuba, nearly saved by the love of a good woman, dives deeper into hallucinatory intoxication.