茱蒂戴维丝初登影坛光芒万丈之作。她饰演一位极具文学天份，并勇于对抗保守环境的女性，山姆尼尔则饰演她温柔的爱人。女主角从小就宣示她成为文学家的野心，在上世纪初女性尚未得到应有社会地位的年代，她的奋斗故事是一页女性主义成长的诗篇。
Tillie, a floundering young woman and her charismatic, alcoholic father, struggle to resolve their fractured relationship in the weirdest possible way: after he dies, his ghost appears in mirrors to haunt everyone in the family but Tillie. Tillie’s family must do everything they can to make Tillie see her father or else they will be plagued by this ghost forever.
导演王建闯夜访荒村，从独守古村数十年婆婆口中得知贪念引发的灭村惨案：恶徒胡仁成夺金脉，毒杀恩亲、沉湖灭口，终被师兄德叔以命铲除。德叔以身堵泉，湖水重清。而讲故事婆婆正是当年发誓守护此地的德叔小徒弟——善恶有报，守护不息。
