茱蒂丝(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)是混迹在上流社交圈里的交际花,一次偶然中,她发现自己的脑袋里长了一个肿瘤,命不久矣。悲观而又倔强的茱蒂丝决定对自己所剩无多的人生放任自流,开始了夜夜笙歌的无度生活。 在一场派对上,茱蒂丝结识了脑科医生斯迪尔(乔治·布伦特 George Brent 饰),斯迪尔为茱蒂丝进行了脑科手术,成功的取出了肿瘤,与此同时,两人也坠入了情网之中。茱蒂丝和斯迪尔很快就携手步入了婚姻的殿堂,婚后的生活充满了幸福和快乐,直到有一天,茱蒂丝发现自己的肿瘤复发了。绝望之中,她恢复了从前放纵的生活,这令斯迪尔感到非常痛苦。
In 1984, a woman with a phantom pregnancy is exiled to a remote Catskills inn where she becomes convinced that she is the target of a mysterious woman in the woods who will stop at nothing to be a mother.
Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends and past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract.