Maria Vargas(艾娃·加德纳 Ava Gardner 饰)一个美丽、敏感、渴望爱情的西班牙女子,本在一家酒吧跳舞。被美国导演Harry Dawes(亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰)挖掘,带到好莱坞,成了万众瞩目电影明星。但她却与投资Harry电影的老板Kirk Edwards矛盾重重,后又和南美洲的富人Bravano纠缠不清。直到她遇见深爱她的那个男人——伯爵Vincenzo,两人终于结婚,但悲剧却无法避免。就如Vincenzo的家族格言一样:该来的,总会来。美人已逝,空留遗憾。
比利因性格原因常常遭受霸凌。在他生父留下的一台旧相机中,他感受到失落与连接的复杂情感。比利的母亲已经再婚三次,并和现任丈夫移居到美国。后来,他年轻的妹妹不幸溺水,家庭因此被继父抛弃,不得不返回台湾。
一天,洗完澡后,比利低声对自己说:“我要坚强,”身边放着几瓶药。他坐在马桶上,挣扎于孤独和困惑,试图逃避痛苦的现实。
Billy often faces bullying due to his personality. In an old camera left to him by his biological father, he feels a complex mix of loss and connection. Billy’s mother has remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current husband. Later, after his younger sister tragically drowned, the family was abandoned by her stepfather and had to return to Taiwan.
One day, after taking a bath, Billy whispers to himself, “I need to be strong,” surrounded by several medicine jars. He sits on the toilet, struggling with feelings of loneliness and confusion, trying to escape his painful reality.