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∴朝日新聞東京本社創刊１００周年／テレビ朝日開局３０周年／日本ヘラルド映画創立３０周年記念作品。

疗养院的老太太薇拉连人带轮椅滚下了楼梯，当场毙命。护理她的保姆桃乐丝（凯西?贝茨 Kathy Bates 饰）手持凶器站在旁边。桃乐丝是唯一的嫌疑人。原来，桃乐丝是薇拉雇佣了40年的女佣，由于她饱受主人的责骂和变态要求，所以这起案件很容易被导向怀恨在心、伺机报复的谋杀。警方一直想把她定罪，判处她20年徒刑。这个案子惊动了桃乐丝远在纽约做记者的女儿莎琳娜（詹妮弗?杰森?李 Jennifer Jason Leigh 饰）。她亲自参与案件的追踪，再度与离散多年的母亲重逢，共同生活了几日。这令她不得不回首阴暗往事，而桃乐丝也总是恍然回忆起女儿小时候的样子。与此同时，一个恶魔般的身影也随之被记忆唤醒。那是她的丈夫，经常对她实施暴力。在忍无可忍之际，她做出了最后的反击……

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

楚留香（狄龙）与一点红（凌云）自从在神水宫杀死了无花和尚后，又回到中原。结识了李玉函（岳华）与柳无眉（井莉）夫妇。在此前后，楚曾遇到连串莫名其妙的事情，后来，楚才知柳身患宿疾，她需要以楚的人头到蝙蝠岛去换取一种药物治病，是以欲置楚于死地，楚亲往蝙蝠岛了解事件，才惊觉阴谋中又有阴谋。