美国南北战争的时期，驻院北卡罗来纳州的乡村，驻院一位单身母亲莎拉伯斯·埃利斯（克里斯蒂娜·里奇Christina Ricci 饰），丈夫约翰（布伦·福斯特Bren Foster 饰）离开了她，她只能独自抚养照顾7岁的女儿梅乐蒂（加布里埃尔·波帕Gabrielle Popa 饰），并在战乱的废墟中打理着自家的农场。他们这里，是处于北方和南方之间的交战地带，战争和战争所导致的疫病横行，很多年轻的人死于战乱和传染病。战乱中，严重受伤的北方士兵路易（杰森·杰德里克Jason Gedrick 饰）逃亡进埃利斯的农场，莎拉收留了他，帮助恢复健康。同时，路易也给予了莎拉很多帮助，完成了她的丈夫约翰所没能做到的工作。很快，他们就发展了友谊，最终他们之间的爱能不能经受住战争的残酷 ······
米西艾略特
回复 :Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly wrong.Sabina K. is inspired by a true story set in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Sabina of the title plans to marry Sasa (with whom she served during the Bosnian War), but there is a problem. Sabina is Muslim and Sasa a Catholic, and their respective families disapprove of the marriage. Their only ally is an older woman, Ankica, whose son - killed in the war - had been their close friend. Aunt Ankica thinks of Sabina and Sasa as her own children and invites them to her home on the island of Korcula to get married. Springtime comes and Sabina travels to Korcula where she is reunited with Ankica and where the two women wait for Sasa to join them from Zagreb. The days pass... Sasa never arrives... and with a heavy and troubled heart, Sabina returns to Sarajevo. She discovers that Sasa has taken all his things from her apartment and moved out. There is no note; no explanation. Sabina goes to Sasa's mother for answers, but the deeply embittered woman treats her harshly and calls the police.
林海
回复 :该片讲述单身老人卖掉老宅跟随儿子出国定居的愿望落空，继而投靠在北京工作的女儿女婿，在共同生活的日子里发生的种种喜怒哀乐的故事。
林佑威
回复 :女作家里奥（Marisa Paredes 饰）使用阿曼达的笔名写了二十多年言情小说，然而最近创作却遭遇了瓶颈，供职于军队的丈夫出国多时，使里奥为婚姻紧张莫名无法专心写作，甚至一对靴子都可以让她困扰。在好友贝蒂的介绍下，里奥与编辑安吉尔（Juan Echanove 饰）见面，虽然里奥拒绝了对方的工作，但安吉尔的敏锐仍给她留下了印象。同时出版社对里奥的近况颇为不满，要求她回到正轨否则就公开她讳莫如深的真实身份。丈夫终于回家但却匆匆离去，并且表示婚姻已经破裂，伤心欲绝的里奥服药自杀，幸好被母亲的一个电话拉回人世。安吉尔在里奥无助时进入了他的生活，表示可以和他共享阿曼达的秘密。好友贝蒂承认了与丈夫的私情，里奥无心追究与母亲回乡下静养，在周围人们的触动下终于脱离阴霾。本片获1996年卡罗维发利国际电影节最佳女演员等多项专业褒奖。
