1950年代后期,中国掀起了大跃进运动。上海里弄的家庭妇女们也响应号召,积极参加。居委会戴妈妈(陈立中 饰)全力支持她们,而解放前受尽苦难的刘大妈(范雪朋 饰)不同意儿媳王彩凤(张瑞芳 饰)参加,要求她在家相夫教子。儿子刘根发(温锡莹饰)却不同意妈妈的观点,支持妻子的行动。郑宝卿(孙道临 饰)是个典型的大男子主义,他也不同意妻子蔡桂贞(沙莉 饰)参加生产组,但蔡不顾反对,把家事理清,还当了缝纫组长。戴妈妈帮蔡桂贞一起做郑宝卿的思想工作,使他认识了自己的错误。陆阿凤(汪漪 饰)由于怕缝纫组借她的缝纫机而违心参加了缝纫组,但当缝纫组为儿童福利院赶制棉衣时,她羞愧难当......。A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series ...。