劇情縱覽
The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...
A man in solitary confinement for seven years comes out into a world of self-isolation.
這部電影設(shè)定在18世紀的英格蘭,并“靈感來源”于真實事件,是一部關(guān)于宗教領(lǐng)袖安·李(Ann Lee)的“史詩寓言”,安·李是謝克教運動的創(chuàng)始人,且被她的追隨者宣稱為“女性基督”。
麥克墨菲(杰克·尼科爾森 Jack Nicholson 飾)為了逃避監(jiān)獄里的強制勞動,裝作精神異常,被送進了精神病院,他的到來,給死氣沉沉的精神病院帶來了劇烈的沖擊。 麥克要求看棒球比賽的電視轉(zhuǎn)播,挑戰(zhàn)了醫(yī)院嚴格的管理制度,受到護士長拉契特(路易絲·弗萊徹 Louise Fletcher 飾)的百般阻撓;麥克帶領(lǐng)病人出海捕魚,振奮了他們的精神,卻讓院方頭痛不已。院方為了懲處麥克膽大妄為、屢犯院規(guī),決定將他永遠留在瘋?cè)嗽骸I宰杂傻柠溈嗽僖矡o法忍受瘋?cè)嗽旱纳?,他?lián)合病友,高大的印第安人“酋長”,開始自己的計劃:飛越瘋?cè)嗽骸?本片獲1975年第48屆奧斯卡最佳影片,最佳男、女主角,最佳導演和最佳改編劇本五項大獎。主人公“不自由,毋寧死”的精神在當今社會仍有很大的現(xiàn)實意義。