1991年法国杜维尔电影节观众奖　　1991年圣丹斯电影节荧幕特别奖　　1991年圣保罗国际电影节观众奖　　高中辍学生玛利亚告诉家人自己怀孕后，父亲倒毙地上，母亲把她踢出家门，男朋友弃她而去。于是她孤零零一个人无家可归。此时她遇上马修。他是个修理电子器械很有天分的高中毕业生，但他有个原则：质量至上，这使得他每份工作都做不长久。当玛利亚接受了马修的帮助，他们便展开一段令彼此发生转变的关系……　　When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor. Her mother kicks her out of the house and her boyfriend dumps her, so Maria is left alone and homeless. This is when she meets Matthew Slaughter. Matthew is an educated high school graduate with a great talent for fixing electronic devices, but he can't hang on to a job because of his principled attitude towards quality. When Maria accepts Matthew's offer to help her, they begin to form a relationship with each other in which both of them begin to change.

　　刚出狱的年轻人伯克回到故乡小镇后，镇民都认为他是杀人犯而不敢靠近。随后，他遇见了厌世的文学少女奥德莉，修车厂老板的女儿。在女儿的介绍下，修车厂老板收留了有着高超修车技巧的伯克当技师。慢慢地，伯克与奥德莉间的情愫渐起......