Robert Tucker, a sorrowful, solitary man, given to bouts of weeping, tries to balance his life caring for his aging mother, his Catholicism, his homosexuality, and his dull job. One night, after his mother has gone to bed, he do...

本片改编自“ 阿道司·赫胥黎 ”同名小说。一个在原始社会长大，通过阅读莎士比亚自学的野蛮人，突然有一天加入了他父母所在的未来社会。然而，他不能适应他们的生活方式……

Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. Unfortunately, it triggers aggressive...