远离天堂

1957年的秋天，凯茜（朱丽安•摩尔 饰）与丈夫弗兰克（丹尼斯 •奎德 饰）生活在美国康涅狄格州的一个小镇上，他们的生活舒适平静，有两个不到十岁的孩子。他们一家吸引了很多人的羡慕。 　　令凯茜意想不到的是，她发现了自己的丈夫竟然与一名男人发生了关系，她感觉自己的世界将要沦陷了。她与教养甚好的黑人园丁雷蒙德（丹尼斯•海斯伯特 饰）交谈，雷蒙德的安慰让凯茜感觉到了鼓舞。但很快因为种族问题，众人开始用异样的眼光对待凯茜。 　　凯西与丈夫害怕流言蜚语，因此他们一直勉强维持着双方的关系，但各自心中都各有爱人……Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she stumbles in on her husband Frank, kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.