比尔·福塞斯

　　In his Scottish New Town home, gangling Gregory and his school-friends are starting to find out about girls. He fancies Dorothy, not least because she has got into the football team - and is a better player than him. He finally asks her out, but it is obviously the females in control of matters here, and that very much includes Gregory's younger sister.

　　影片描写一名美国商人奉公司之命来到满格兰海岸洽谈收购土地兴建石油工厂，当地的风土文物和居民的起居作息跟他这个城市人很不协调，让他觉得此行无聊透顶。不料公司总裁亲到小镇视察后改变主意，想在当开办一所天文学院。商人回到美国的寓所后，也忍不住回想起一望无际的满格兰海岸。

　　露丝（Sara Walker 饰）和露希尔（Andrea Burchill 饰）的母亲海伦（Margot Pinvidic 饰）将她们托付给了两人的外祖母之后，选择了自杀身亡。一晃眼七年过去，外祖母也去世了，露丝和露希尔成为了无依无靠的孤儿，还好她们的姨祖母希维尔（克里斯汀·拉蒂 Christine Lahti 饰）收留了两个可怜的孩子，虽然希维尔是一个喜怒无常非常古怪的女人，但是如果没有她，露丝和露希尔就将面临被送进孤儿院的悲惨命运。　　露丝和露希尔常常和希维尔之间发生冲突，一天，在又一场激烈的争吵之后，愤怒的露西选择了离家出走，而对希维尔尚且还有一丝期望的露希尔选择了留下。