The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography professor, devastated. Directionless, he assumes the identity of another man as the gardener of a Portuguese estate, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the landlady, entering a new life that does not belong to him.。本片由资深的好莱坞声音编辑米奇·科斯汀执导,揭示了声音在电影中扮演的重要角色。影片主要通过电影声音编辑的视角,结合好莱坞经典电影案例和一些电影大咖的采访构架起叙事,包括乔治·卢卡斯、史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格、芭芭拉·史翠珊、罗伯特·雷德福、大卫·林奇、李安、索菲亚·科波拉和瑞恩·库格勒等。影片带我们见证了一些业内最受尊敬的音效设计师的狂野创造力——包括奥斯卡奖得主沃尔特·默奇(《现代启示录》)、本·伯特(《星球大战》)、加里·瑞德斯特伦(《拯救大兵瑞恩》)和劳拉·赫斯伯格(《盗梦空间》)。在追求艺术和推动媒介发展的过程中,正是这些人,开创了今天这种沉浸式且带有叙事性的电影声音先河。。Disarmingly realistic in its depiction of the realities of frontier life, Heartland is a strong antidote to the cliches of traditional Westerns. This semi-documentary slice of life is based on the diaries of Elmore Randall Stewart about her days on the Wyoming frontier in the early 20th century. It's a strongly feminist statement about a woman raising her small daughter alone and scrapping for a living by working for a shy Scottish rancher. Director Richard Pearce brings an endearing touch to a film that is helped greatly by the dazzling cinematography of Fred Murphy. Conchata Ferrell and Rip Torn star in this small film that substitutes veracity for a high-powered plot. Pearce worked as a cinematographer on Woodstock and other documentaries before making his directorial debut.
Winner of the 1980 Berlin Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival。