歌顿玛莉
导演: 伊斯梅尔·莫昌特/玛德赫·杰佛里
编剧: Alexandra Viets
主演: 詹姆斯·维尔拜/玛德赫·杰佛里/格列塔·斯卡奇
类型: 剧情
制片国家/地区: 法国/英国/美国
语言: 英语
上映日期: 1999-12-17
片长: 124 分钟
IMDb链接: tt0159373
剧情简介
1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant's care and, without a word to the mother, takes the baby daily to her sister to nurse. Mary moves into the English household, taking over more and more duties as she plays on the mother's fatigue and lack of spousal counsel: in effect, Mary colonizes the English household while she pilfers its stores and tells tall tales to her own family. For how long can Mary sustain her rule before the Englishwoman stands on her own feet?