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In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.

一家四口的中产家庭前往乡村别墅度假，一起离奇的室内入侵事件让这个和睦家庭瞬间分崩离析。本片是意大利导演罗尼·托克自编自导的第二部长片，他摒弃常规线性叙事，在家庭各个成员的不同视角间切换，对同一突发事件做了抽丝剥茧的描摹。影片的戏剧冲突由此渐渐让位于人物焦灼的心理状态，与讲述婚姻风暴的瑞典影片《游客》有异曲同工之处。本片入围2021年柏林电影节泰迪熊奖和圣丹斯电影节世界电影剧情类竞赛单元。