茫茫西部,一个路经农场的过客肖恩(艾伦·拉德 Alan Ladd 饰)引起了主人斯塔雷特一家的警觉。原来当地恶徒雷克一伙为了吞并自耕农的土地,不停骚扰斯塔雷特等居民,男主人乔·斯塔雷特弄清了肖恩的身份后,将美丽的妻子玛利亚和儿子乔伊介绍给对方,并邀请肖恩留在自己的农场帮忙。肖恩入住小镇不久,就在镇上的酒馆遭到了雷克一伙的折辱,自耕农们不愿放弃辛劳工作换来的家园,集合商讨对付雷克的办法,最终却只能旁观肖恩肉搏雷克的众打手。肖恩在农场辛勤工作,并不时传授给乔伊战斗的方法,另一方面,雷克仍然不放弃赶走斯塔雷特等人的计划,肖恩决定奋力反抗……
比利因性格原因常常遭受霸凌。在他生父留下的一台旧相机中,他感受到失落与连接的复杂情感。比利的母亲已经再婚三次,并和现任丈夫移居到美国。后来,他年轻的妹妹不幸溺水,家庭因此被继父抛弃,不得不返回台湾。
一天,洗完澡后,比利低声对自己说:“我要坚强,”身边放着几瓶药。他坐在马桶上,挣扎于孤独和困惑,试图逃避痛苦的现实。
Billy often faces bullying due to his personality. In an old camera left to him by his biological father, he feels a complex mix of loss and connection. Billy’s mother has remarried three times and moved to the United States with her current husband. Later, after his younger sister tragically drowned, the family was abandoned by her stepfather and had to return to Taiwan.
One day, after taking a bath, Billy whispers to himself, “I need to be strong,” surrounded by several medicine jars. He sits on the toilet, struggling with feelings of loneliness and confusion, trying to escape his painful reality.