A COUNTRY CALLED HOME is a pelling ing of age story with universal appeal because it deals with trials and trepidations that most people experience in one way or another, no matter who they are or where they are from. The story incorporates the views of people from all walks of life; different generations, different places, and different socio-economic backdrops.After rudderless 26 year old Ellie learns that her estranged, alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to small-town Texas, where she finds direction, family, and friendship in this most unexpected place.
故事發(fā)生在一座叫丹珀西的城市，布蘭達(dá)（朱麗·摩爾 Julianne Moore 飾）年僅四歲的兒子在月黑高之夜被面目不的黑衣人綁架，布蘭達(dá)自己也慘毆打，警探勞倫（塞繆爾·杰克 Samuel L. Jackson 飾）受理了這一案件。警方嫌疑人鎖定在了人身上，這引起城中眾多居民的滿，隨著時(shí)間的移，這起看似普的案件逐漸演變為了不同種族之的激烈辯論。在名女記者的幫助，勞倫佐展開(kāi)了案件的調(diào)查，隨調(diào)查的深入，一可疑的線索逐漸出了水面，在這線索之后隱藏著，正是個(gè)性殘暴酷的兇手本人。此同時(shí)，城中的心居民們也開(kāi)始尋找被綁架男孩行動(dòng)。?豆?
