酗酒康复的单亲母亲，与患脑退化症的鳏夫，在高中旧同学聚会上重遇。她设法忘记过去，却摆脱不了伤痛回忆；他努力记住今天，却无法忆起眼前往事。在记忆与遗忘的夹缝中无处可逃，两个寂寞生命试图在不属于他们的当下互相抱拥，寻觅仅余的一线生机。《日暮》的米歇尔·弗兰克 ，镜头保留一贯冷静锋锐，手术刀似的剁开性虐与家庭暴力的深层创伤；谢茜嘉谢西婷与彼得赛斯嘉相濡以沫，还生命的脆弱以人性的感温，后者更荣膺威尼斯影帝。
Wright's 1940 original novel followed a poor, 20-year-old black Chicagoan, Bigger Thomas, as he takes a job as a chauffeur for the wealthy, white Dalton family. When Thomas accidentally mits an act of violence against a member of the family, he engages in an elaborate cover-up scheme that begets more crimes. Wright emphasizes throughout the novel that society has been set up to make Thomas what he bees.
