Robert Tucker, a sorrowful, solitary man, given to bouts of weeping, tries to balance his life caring for his aging mother, his Catholicism, his homosexuality, and his dull job. One night, after his mother has gone to bed, he do...

本片改编自“ 阿道司·赫胥黎 ”同名小说。一个在原始社会长大，通过阅读莎士比亚自学的野蛮人，突然有一天加入了他父母所在的未来社会。然而，他不能适应他们的生活方式……

　　奥斯卡提名男演员Bob Hoskins在本片中扮演伦敦黑社会的一名凶残的帮派首领。但是一天他准备和一个美国犯罪家族达成一笔交易之际，他的整个“帝国”突然开始坍塌。是谁这么胆大包天来进攻英国最野蛮的黑帮？他又会怎样去找寻真相？到底这一切的背后是谁在搞鬼呢？

Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. Unfortunately, it triggers aggressive...