故事发生在17世纪。赫丝特（黛米·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰）离开丈夫，孤身一人来到马萨诸塞湾的英属殖民地定居。在这里开拓的英国人信仰坚定，恪守清规，赫丝特的一些举动在这压抑的殖民地环境下颇为引人注目。当地的牧师阿瑟（加里·奥德曼 Gary Oldman 饰）英俊而富有激情，赫丝特为他的神采深深吸引，两个性情相投的人很快陷入了危险的热恋。不久殖民地方面接到了赫丝特的医生丈夫被印第安人杀害的消息，本以为可以公开关系的一对恋人等到的却是东窗事发，赫丝特为保护阿瑟，拒绝供认通奸者，自此被投入监狱直至产下一名女婴，而阿瑟则在监狱外日日承受心灵的拷问……出狱后的赫丝特戴上了通奸者的耻辱标志，同时她大难不死的丈夫突然现身，誓要将通奸者揪出以发泄心中怒火……
Jo Yang, a celebrity radio guest, receives a phone call while on air and sets in motion a series of events that threaten her life and her family. Forced to choose between saving a prostitute or a loan-shark, her choice is confronted by public outcry. This film is loosely inspired by real-life events in Singapore, and explores how it is more choice rather than chance that shapes our lives.
Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on the celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration as it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound.
