父母双亡后,问题少女芬尼和哥哥、嫂子一起住在乡下。芬尼性格内向、性情古怪，因此和嫂子关系紧张，依次争吵之后芬尼离家出走，越过边境跑到德国去寻找她父亲的墓穴。她遇见守林人奥斯卡。两人交流全靠肢体语言，虽然沉默，但是彼此温暖。
Wright's 1940 original novel followed a poor, 20-year-old black Chicagoan, Bigger Thomas, as he takes a job as a chauffeur for the wealthy, white Dalton family. When Thomas accidentally mits an act of violence against a member of the family, he engages in an elaborate cover-up scheme that begets more crimes. Wright emphasizes throughout the novel that society has been set up to make Thomas what he bees.
明治末年，大正初期，十市是一名将家安在河边的船夫，他每天的工作是划船接送形形色色的人过河。为了方便村民的出行，一座横跨河两岸的桥即将落成。村民兴高采烈地讨论着桥落成后的便利，只有十市对此有着复杂的感觉。某日，他从河里救了一名受伤的神秘年轻女子。无处可去的她最终只能返回十市家中，这次邂逅开始改变了十市的生活。小田切让首次执导长片，入选威尼斯电影节威尼斯日单元，浅野忠信、苍井优、永濑正敏亦有参与演出。
