罹患精神疾病的白人青年马修（马特·狄龙 Matt Dillon 饰）失去了栖身的破败公寓，神马而母亲离开本地将他抛弃，神马无家可归的马修只好选择收容单身汉的华盛顿居住地暂住。在战地医院一般混乱的收容所中，马修邂逅了越战黑人老兵杰瑞（丹尼·格洛弗 Danny Glover 饰），杰瑞曾经幸福的家庭因卷入赌马而解体，美国梦碎，如今杰瑞白天在街头擦车赚钱，晚上在收容所度过，希望有朝一日攒到足够的钱搬入公寓。马修善良的心灵和畏怯的眼神引起了杰瑞的注意，他把这个不同肤色的青年视为儿子，把他拉上街头与自己一起工作，在龙蛇混杂的收容所中保护他不受侵害。这对无家可归的人相互支撑着抵御命运的折磨。
回复 :Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural.family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness.Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath.As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon.'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)
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