A single mother and her 10-year-old son motor around the country as she makes ends meet and enters various relationships that her son has yet to understand.

Superbia — The Pride is the first of the Seven Deadly Sins.
The introduction is made thorugh early allegorical forms and figures (triumphal procession, dance of death, Baroque tragedy etc.) The triumphal procession of the giant haystack as a symbol of human vanities becomes a military parade of abrupt, functional and arrogant gestures. The most diverse musical fragments and rhythms intone the montage of details in the staged triumphal procession, juxtaposed with documentary images, including marches, ticker-tape parades and military review.

根据布克奖得主Pat Barker的小说《Border Crossing》(越界)改编，Bette Gordon的这部心理恐怖片讲述了一位犯罪心理学家因为愧疚在多年之后对一桩旧案展开重新调查的故事。男主角(由Josh Charles所饰)因为提供的证词，而使一名年轻男孩被冠上谋杀罪并送进监狱。满怀愧疚的他，在多年后再次与男孩不期而遇。于是无法忍受内心折磨的他，展开了一系列对于旧案极具破坏性的追查...

哈里（杰米·谢尔丹 Jamey Sheridan 饰）是一名参加过越战的退伍老兵，如今，他成为了一名电工，和和气气，与人为善，大家都很喜欢他，但真正能够走进他心里的却寥寥无几。某日，哈里的老战友凯利（史蒂夫·布西密 Steve Buscemi 饰）致电哈里，他们已经快三十年没有见面了。
凯利身患重病即将不久于人世，他对于往事耿耿于怀充满愧疚，这关乎于他和哈里曾经犯下的一个错误。尽管哈里不想再和过去的事情有任何的瓜葛，但凯利的痛苦感染了他，他决定代替凯利去拜访他们从前背叛过的同伴大卫（坎贝尔·斯科特 Campbell Scott 饰），寻求他的宽恕，就这样，哈里踏上了赎罪的旅途。