大地的女儿

在一幢地处偏远人迹罕至的湖畔小屋里，一具年老女性的尸体被发现了，为了收回尸体并查明死因，医生杰罗姆（连姆·尼森 Liam Neeson 饰）来到了此处。正当杰罗姆紧张工作之时，一个身影的出现将他吓了一大跳，仔细一看，竟是一名妙龄女子，可惜这名女子似乎并不懂得人类的语言，她的发出的叫喊和舞动肢体的样子完完全全如同一只野兽。 　　很显然，死去的老妇是这名女子的母亲，而在老妇留给杰罗姆的字条上，杰罗姆得知女子的名字叫做尼尔（朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰）。尼尔的天真和害羞吸引了杰罗姆的注意，他决定帮助尼尔重返人类社会。然而，对于从小就离群索居的尼尔来说，重新回到复杂的人类世界真的是一件好事吗？Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only people she knew were her mother and twin sister. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother's death, she's discovered by the local doctor Jerome. He's fascinated by her, since she speaks a mangled language, developed by her sister and herself growing up, "twin speak" if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he'll decide about Nell's future.