從男孩巴特的視角講述了一個家庭混亂的倫理關係。一個貌似普通的家庭里，哥哥喬里是被收養的，弟弟巴特和父親沒有血緣關係。影片以巴特為切入點，從他看到哥哥和女友發生性關係，父母做愛，讓他覺得局促不安，無法接受。從兒童心理學的角度來看這是正常的，但影片仿佛利用了這一特點，使劇情向著更無法讓巴特接受的方向發展，這也是影片為什麼在劇情的推動中不斷吸引人的地方。巴特無意偷窺到父母和哥哥隱秘的事件，使他對這個家庭產生了厭惡，加之受同齡人欺負，內心產生扭曲，自然而然地便和神秘降臨的外祖母越走越近，從而知道了這個家庭不可告人的秘密。
外祖母的僕人用一本日記迷惑了巴特的心智，巴特又從外祖母那裡得知父母其實是兄妹關係，這讓他焦躁不安，甚至要殺死父母收養的妹妹。影片實際上傳達了一種家庭人際關係的焦慮，巴特因為年幼而無法處理家中的這種複雜關係，以至於引起了騷亂和危機。而最終是哥哥喬里化解了這一危機，他很清楚自己的歸屬和這個家庭對於自己的意義，放棄和奶奶去紐約的大好前程，選擇了留在自己養父母的身邊，從而拯救了整個家庭和巴特。
影片貌似在講一個亂倫家庭的故事，實際上講的是對家庭關係的捍衛，對一種以夫妻關係和親子關係的家庭關係的捍衛，外祖母和祖母的到來反而使這個成員實際關係複雜的家庭歷經艱險後牢不可破，影片的這種設定更深刻詮釋了Family的意義：Father ang mother I love you.
基本介紹
- 中文名：如果有荊棘
- 外文名：If.There.Be.Thorns
- 其它譯名：Les enfants du péché: secrets de famille
- 出品時間：2015年04月05日
- 發行公司：A+E Studios
- 製片地區：美國
- 導演：南茜·薩沃卡
- 編劇：Virginia C. Andrews
- 類型：劇情
- 主演：海瑟·格拉漢姆，瑞秋·卡帕尼，詹森·劉易斯，曼森·庫克
- 片長：100分鐘
- 上映時間：2015年04月05日
- 對白語言：英語
- 色彩：color
- imdb編碼：tt4058368
劇情簡介,演職員表,演員表,職員表,
劇情簡介
It's the 1980s. Brother and sister Christopher Jr. and Cathy Dollanganger, a surgeon and ballet teacher respectively, are the product of an incestuous but loving relationship between their married parents, who were half-uncle to niece. Chris and Cathy are now married to each other, and live under the last name Sheffield, the surname of who ended up being their adoptive father. They managed to escape from their mother, born Corrine Foxworth, who once tried to kill them so that she could inherit her estranged father's vast estate. Corrine, who ultimately did inherit all the money, was eventually institutionalized following a mental breakdown. Cathy has two children, teenager Jory, whose biological father is now deceased ballet dancer Julian Marquet, and preteen Bart, whose biological father is now deceased Bart Winslow, Corrine's second husband. While Jory knows about Julian, Bart knows nothing about Bart Sr.; neither knows about Chris and Cathy's sibling relationship. Chris treats both boys as his own, and visa versa. These secrets abound in the Sheffield home, despite Chris having a policy of no secrets. Despite the possibility of being found out, Chris and Cathy decide to adopt an adolescent girl, Cindy, one of Cathy's ballet students whose mother has just died following an illness.
The Sheffield house of cards could come tumbling down around them when, not by accident, Corrine, now out of the hospital and with her inherited wealth, moves in next door, she who wants to revive her relationship with the only family she has. She uses Bart as her pawn, he the insecure one in the family. But it's the actions of a bystander who wants to continue with the fire and brimstone beliefs of Corrine's now deceased mother, the religiously fanatical Olivia Foxworth, that may not only bring the house of cards down but kill many under its weight with Bart's help.
演職員表
演員表
| 角色 | 演員 | 配音 |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy | Bailey Skodje | ---- |
| Big Ears | Isaiah Lehtinen | ---- |
| Bart Sheffield | 梅森·庫克 | ---- |
| John Amos | 麥肯茲·格雷 | ---- |
職員表
| 導演 | 編劇 |
|---|---|
| 南茜·沙佛卡 | Andy Cochran |
