在这部母亲三十岁剧情片中,童年时代的朱青茂(幼年:庹宗华;成年:秦汉)曾经目睹母亲(李湘)与人通奸,对母亲产生忌恨,父亲染上重症之际,更被母亲的放荡行为气死;青茂因此愤而离家,投奔慈祥的吴伯母(张冰玉)。母亲多次想与青茂改善关系,但青茂却避而不见,内心变得扭曲,对女人充满怀疑和憎恨,在吴伯母的劝导下,青茂终于肯去旅馆会见母亲,撞见一个男人从母亲房间走出来,虽然最后误会化解,母亲却再也不愿见他...。几经波折,青茂毕了业要去成功岭受训,母亲赶来送别,在火车要离开月台之际,母亲却被突如其来的车子撞倒...。
本片由宋存寿执导,改编自于梨华小说《母与子》,张永祥编剧,陈坤厚摄影,被台湾影评人协会选为1973年最佳国语片。
A young boy witnesses his mother's cheating ways and, after the death of his sick father, grows to despise her. When he's adopted by another family, the road to reconciliation proves achingly difficult.
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