沉寂之桥(原声版)
Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, while Peg recovers. Since Lisa is a speaking child, Marg thinks of her the way she wanted Peg to be, and seeks guardian custody.                                                                    Remick's role is secondary to Matlin's, though she is presented as a tragic figure, particularly as Al refuses to help her plan to gain Lisa. Peg's deafness is said to be from a childhood case of spinal meningitis, and the teleplay by Louisa Burns-Bisogno, with story by Louisa and Tom Bisogno, reduces Remick to a textbook mother who is self-hating from guilt and therefore cannot love her own daughter. In a memorable scene, Peg angrily signs her exit to Marg, since Marg has refused to learn sign language, though Peg has learned to speak for her mother.                                                                    The treatment uses the Tennesee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, for therapy, to help Peg overcome her grief and also Marg `lose her unicorn horn' and embrace her daughter. Whilst Peg choosing to act in this play may seem an odd choice for someone grieving, what is more noticable is that Matlin is far too more glamourous to be believable as Laura. The Bisogno's include Michael O'Keefe as Dan, Peg's deceased husband's best friend and director of Actors Theatre for the Deaf, to offer Peg a new romantic interest, and thankfully she rebukes his protestations of love. Although his opinion may be influenced by his `crush', Dan tells Peg that being different is better than being normal, since the normal ones are as `common as weeds'. This philosophy reads as rather Nietzschean, on the level of artists not being restricted to the common moral code.                                                                    Director Karen Arthur either has those signing also speaking or those signing being translated for the audience, though in one scene the sound of lapping waves drowns out the dialogue between Dan and Peg. She also gives Matlin some good moments, one being her scream of horror when she hears the news of the death of her husband, and another when she chases Remick down a flight of steps, hitting her.
泪洒台北
台北嘉士集团年轻英俊的总经理高舜威,与“娴”服饰店貌美才高的女时装设计师林娴在憩园茶艺馆邂逅。高舜威告诉林娴她酷像他昔日的友陈倩倩。林娴托故离开后,一位年轻的日本便衣警察井上村来到了高舜威的身边。与此同时,跟踪林娴多时的井上村,已将拍摄林娴在各种场合活动的照片电传给日本警视厅,并告之:失踪6年,轰动朝野的著名歌星有板冬子,突然在台北出现,已开始跟踪。高舜威约林娴在西餐厅共进午餐,讲起他第一位女友陈倩倩的故事……五年前的一个雨天,高舜威在茶艺馆与陈倩倩相识,一见倾心,彼此相恋,但高舜威的父母坚决反对儿子的选择,他们要靠儿子与富家女王文琪的婚姻,来挽回嘉士衰败的局面。高家父母当面羞辱了陈倩倩。陈倩倩流着泪发狂似地冲出客厅,消失在雨帘之中。一个月后,高舜威从陈母那里得知,陈倩倩已经出国,并已嫁人,高舜威绝望了。林娴从与高舜威的谈话中了解到,高舜威与王文琪的婚姻并不幸福。林娴听后流出了爱怜的泪水。两人彼此相怜,身心融在一起。东京警视厅与台北警察局关注着林娴与高舜威的交往,他们证实了林娴不是有板冬子,却又对林娴与有板冬子模样相同感到不解,经过调查,终于查出五年前陈倩倩出国并非结婚,而是治伤。五年前,陈倩倩从高家开车冲入雨中,不幸发生车祸,身负重伤,为付昂贵的手术费,陈母接受了高母的钱,条件是保证陈倩倩不与高舜威再来往。医生是田冈国雄。日本警方查出林娴的护照是买的,且她买护照的时间正是有板冬子失踪的时间。但林娴对有板冬子却一无所知,并在无奈中说出了田冈国雄。田冈国证实是按有板冬子的照片为陈倩倩整的容。田冈爱有板冬子,是他把相貌平平的有板冬子变成美丽的歌星,他要永远占有她,他将有板冬子关起来,有板冬子在绝望中自杀。田冈终被警方逮捕。王文琪在与高舜威去律师所办理离婚的途中,将车冲向了高舜威为林娴买的别墅。林娴抱着奄奄一息的高舜威,满脸的泪水洒在台北的土地上。
渔家女
太湖边上,住着一户周姓渔民,妻早逝,有二女,长女琼珠(周璇饰),次女慧珠(袁灵云饰)。一天,周父(王桂林饰)携琼珠去集市卖鱼,被渔霸张百万(殷秀岑饰)的收债人遇见,周父还不出债款,遭到殴打。艺专学生崔时俊(顾也鲁饰)路见不平,上前制止。时俊之父崔化斋(周文彬饰)是张百万的帐房先生,正巧随张百万及其女国瑛(郑玉如饰)路过,见状急忙训斥时俊。国瑛见时俊年少英俊,顿生爱慕之心。琼珠对时俊的仗义行为深表感谢。时俊见琼珠天真可爱,便邀她到湖边,为她画了一幅《渔家女》。不久,时俊毕业,张百万将国瑛许配时俊,但时俊不爱国瑛,更不贪图张家财势,断然拒绝,父子为此反目。翌晨,时俊骑车到湖边寻访琼珠,不慎摔伤,幸为周家父女救护。崔化斋得讯,赶至周家,强拉时俊回家,迫他与国瑛订婚。时俊坚决不从,悄悄到周家,征得周父许诺,而与琼珠订婚,随即去上海谋生。张百万迁怒于周家父女,以讨债为名,逼走了周家。时俊在沪虽勤奋作画,但因不愿为出版商提供畅销的庸俗作品,生活陷于困境。国瑛追踪而至,暗中买下时俊所作的画,并假冒时俊的名义写信给琼珠,谎称自己已在上海另订婚约。琼珠接信后愤而投湖,幸被救起,但已精神失常。国瑛因探父病回乡,见此情景,深感内疚,即电促时俊返回,当面说明原委。时俊和琼珠终遂心愿。                                                                    《渔家女》的故事脱胎于1926年拍摄的无声片《玉洁冰清》。
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