A film version of a play Fassbinder directed in Hamburg, Clare Booth Luce's "The Women". It gave Fassbinder an opportunity to indulge his passion for working with women - there are forty women in the play and no men.
The play dates from the 1930s, and Fassbinder was accused by the critics of being anti-women (a frequent criticism of late). As usual, he chose to work "against" the text, and from this has constructed an entertaining and engaging play about love between upper-class women with nothing better to do than sneer at others when things go wrong with their lives and loves.
1962年,Curt Henderson(理查德·德莱弗斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰)、Steve Bolander(朗·霍华德 Ron Howard 饰)、John Milner(保罗·勒马特 Paul Le Mat 饰)还有Terry "The Toad" Fields(查尔斯·马丁·史密斯 Charles Martin Smith 饰)四个普通的青年在晚上相聚,为即将去外地读大学的Curt和Steve送别。Steve把他的汽车借给了Toad,Toad需要这辆车去寻找他的爱情。Curt开车在马路上,听到一个金发女郎对他说“I love you!”,他急切想找到这个女人,却在路上让另一个女孩上了他的汽车。而Steve也在忙着处理和女友Laurie(辛迪·威廉姆斯 Cindy Williams饰)的关系。John 则准备和另一个人赛车。Toad则认识了另一个美女Debbie(坎迪·克拉克 Candy Clark 饰),两人把车开到了郊外,却意外把车给丢了......在这个夜里,这四个青年的活动为我们展现了六十年代初美国人的精神和生活状态。
本片被提名当年奥斯卡最佳影片,最佳导演和最佳女配角等几个奖项。