丈夫不在的午后时光

　　朱迪（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）、瓦莱特（莉莉·汤普琳 Lily Tomlin 饰）和朵拉莉（多莉·帕顿 Dolly Parton 饰）共同在一间法人公司工作，三名女性有着不同的人生轨迹和迥异的个性，却同时因为上司富兰克林（达布尼·柯尔曼 Dabney Coleman 饰）的存在而感到痛苦不堪。　　富兰克林是一个彻彻底底的伪君子，在工作中总是有意无意的排挤和歧视女雇员，与此同时，他还是个乐于听闻阿谀奉承之词的浅薄之徒，在他的管控之下，公司内的氛围十分紧张。一次偶然之中，朱迪、瓦莱特和朵拉莉竟然在误打误撞之中绑架了富兰克林，将他囚禁起来，之后，三人在公司进行了一场大改革。

　　亚历克斯（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）是一名资历丰富的警探，这一次，他被派遣负责国会议员女儿被绑架一案。杰姬（莫妮卡·波特 Monica Potter 饰）是负责保护被绑架女孩安全的特工，正为了自己的疏忽和失职自责不已，趁此机会，她强烈要求成为亚历克斯的搭档，一同侦破此案。　　随着调查的深入，一个名为加里（迈克尔·温科特 Michael Wincott 饰）的男人浮出了水面，除了绑架了议员的女儿，他还和城中发生的数起绑架案有着千丝万缕的联系。亚历克斯和杰姬随即展开了岁加里的追捕，然而，老奸巨猾的加里并不会轻易的被警方捕获，恰恰相反，在不知不觉间，亚历克斯走入了加里所设下的弥天陷阱之中。

　　阿姆布罗瑟（文森特·卡索 Vincent Cassel 饰）是一名非常虔诚的修道士，早就发誓将自己的身体和心里全权交由上帝管理。苛刻而又严格的他对教义有着自己独特的理解，他觉得世人每一日都在玷污上帝的存在。玛蒂娜非常的崇拜阿姆布罗瑟，她的顺从和服从激发了阿姆布罗瑟潜藏在心底的兽欲，欲望一旦被激发，就无法收拾，阿姆布罗瑟一步一步向着深渊走去。　　安东尼娅（约瑟芬·约比 Joséphine Japy 饰）是常常前往修道院为自己的母亲祷告的女孩，她的纯洁吸引了阿姆布罗斯的注意，后者为了能够占有她的身体，不惜设计将她的母亲杀死。最终，阿姆布罗瑟的种种罪行被一个贵族青年给发现了。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.