剧情介绍
A childless Western couple visit a fertility shrine in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash.
Hannah, a US senator's Jewish-American daughter, and her British lover Alistair, working as an environmentalist in Pakistan, are desperate for a child. One day with her Pakistani friend, Samira, a photographer for National Geographic she visits the eunuch shrine of Gulab Shah which has a reputation for curing infertility. They spend a few days in a special room in the shrine and one night after they have a short sex, Alistair falls deep sleep because of the drugged herb they have drunk and Hannah is conceived in front of all eunuchs - while she is half awake by a young boy, Kamal who works there. While Hannah is very happy with her pregnancy, Alistair is embroiled in a brief love affair with widow Samira who is a single heir of a very rich grandfather. Meanwhile, the eunuchs from the shrine develop an interest in Hannah's baby, leading to tension from the clash of cultures and religious beliefs.
因为JW看的，但是就算是雷剧了吧，看到喜欢的演员那么卖力演的是烂片，很失望。剧情和镜头都太零散了，难怪票房不好，尺度惊人并雷人，来不及调小声。搜了一下评价也是一般，这个电影跟面纱不能比，不过面纱改得也不怎么样，小说里可没有男主跟女主和好的情节。
这是英籍巴基斯坦导演的片子。讲的是穆斯林文化和西方文化的冲突以及随即引发的个人危机。影片曾获英国电影节评审团奖。三位主演也都是当时的明星。但是当时院线发行惨淡。主要原因估计是巴基斯坦的背景和电影线索的凌乱复杂。JW演的很好，非常亮眼。在影片里与女主演有大段激情戏，尺度较大。这部影片还出了2k重映版。据说为求这部影片的真实感，JW吸食大量大麻。当时拍摄影片的时候，正值第一次海湾战争，对西方人的敌对情绪加重，他们的很多拍摄设备都被当地人毁了。也是够拼的了。。。
虽然是以巴基斯担为背景的电影，但是估计永远不会在巴基斯坦上映了。表面上是Islam与Christianity，巴基斯坦和美国之间的冲突，深层包含了现代与传统之间的摩擦，Hijra们近些年才享有法律保护，实则可悲。