貝托魯奇似乎是想從《巴黎初體驗》中找回他過去對於性愛與政治的完美的揉合。本片的背景是對法國現代影響深遠的1968年春天,學生們對資本主義社會的激烈反動,產生了風起雲湧的革命風潮。故事改編自英國影評人兼作家吉柏阿岱爾的小說處男作[神聖的純真]The Holy Innocents,阿岱爾的小說不是第一次改編成電影,[長島愛與死]Love and Death on Long Island也曾改編為電影。
Paris, spring 1968. While most students take the lead in the May 'revolution', a French poet's twin son Theo and daughter Isabelle enjoy the good life in his grand Paris home. As film buffs they meet and 'adopt' modest, conservatively educated Californian student Matthew. With their parents away for a month, they drag him into an orgy of indulgence of all senses, losing all of his and the last of their innocence. A sexual threesome shakes their rapport, yet only the outside reality will break it up. Written by KGF Vissers....