马库斯(Richard Gibson 饰)邀请自己的同学兼好友雷欧(多米尼克·格尔德Dominic Guard 饰)到自己家去玩,就这样,雷欧结识了马库斯的姐姐玛丽安(朱莉·克里斯蒂 Julie Christie 饰),美丽又善良的玛丽安给雷欧留下了非常深刻的印象。马库斯得了传染病,没办法陪雷欧玩了,雷欧就此结识了名为泰德(阿兰·贝茨 Alan Bates 饰)的农夫,泰德拜托雷欧帮他送信给玛丽安,雷欧答应了他。
之后,雷欧和退伍军人修斯(爱德华·福克斯 Edward Fox 饰)交上了朋友,并且震惊的得知,玛丽安的家人准备将她许配给修斯,不仅如此,雷欧还意外的发现,自己帮泰德和玛丽安送的那些信件,其实是他们的情书。
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions. Chauffeur Robert Shaw is in the employ of aristocratic widow Sarah Miles. When she suffers a nervous breakdown, Shaw helps her through her recovery. They grow to love each other during the convalescence; but when she is cured, Ms. Miles refuses to regard Shaw as an equal, and the original status quo is reinstated. The Hireling provides an interesting contrast to the similarly structured American film of 1991, Driving Miss Daisy.
Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The fifteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Add all this to a pair of horrendously embarrassing grandparents, a foreign exchange student named Long Duc Dong, and we have the makings of a hilarious journey into young womanhood.
1962年,Curt Henderson(理查德·德莱弗斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰)、Steve Bolander(朗·霍华德 Ron Howard 饰)、John Milner(保罗·勒马特 Paul Le Mat 饰)还有Terry "The Toad" Fields(查尔斯·马丁·史密斯 Charles Martin Smith 饰)四个普通的青年在晚上相聚,为即将去外地读大学的Curt和Steve送别。Steve把他的汽车借给了Toad,Toad需要这辆车去寻找他的爱情。Curt开车在马路上,听到一个金发女郎对他说“I love you!”,他急切想找到这个女人,却在路上让另一个女孩上了他的汽车。而Steve也在忙着处理和女友Laurie(辛迪·威廉姆斯 Cindy Williams饰)的关系。John 则准备和另一个人赛车。Toad则认识了另一个美女Debbie(坎迪·克拉克 Candy Clark 饰),两人把车开到了郊外,却意外把车给丢了......在这个夜里,这四个青年的活动为我们展现了六十年代初美国人的精神和生活状态。
本片被提名当年奥斯卡最佳影片,最佳导演和最佳女配角等几个奖项。