1991年法國杜維爾電影節(jié)觀眾獎　　1991年圣丹斯電影節(jié)熒幕特別獎　　1991年圣保羅國際電影節(jié)觀眾獎　　高中輟學生瑪利亞告訴家人自己懷孕后，父親倒斃地上，母親把她踢落發(fā)門，男朋友棄她而去。因而她孤零零一小我無家可歸。此時她遇上馬修。他是個補綴電子器械很有天分的高中畢業(yè)生，但他有個原則：質量至上，這使得他每份工作都做不長久。當瑪利亞接受了馬修的幫助，他們便展開一段令彼此產生轉變的關系……　　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.