在这部伊甸园西剧情/同性片中,West of Eden is inspired by a true story and set in Rural New Zealand between the summer and winter of 1960. Billy’s sexual identity is a complicated one for the era and he runs into prejudice in his hometown Auckland. Because of these difficulties he decides to go somewhere where he is unknown; where he can re-invent himself. He decides to take on a job at large farm. What he discovers on the farm is the very thing he has tried to leave behind but to an even greater extent. The tension and repression is heightened further by the isolation of 1960’s rural New Zealand. He discovers that he is not the only one fighting his desires and hiding his demons.
Billy is already experiencing the ugly side of people's fear and prejudice. He resolves, for the sake of his family, to leave his home town and go somewhere where he is unknown; where he can re-invent himself. Billy decides to take a job on a large farm far away; the most prestigious in its district. He hopes it will be a fresh start. In a twist of irony and as fate would have it, he immediately encounters the very thing he has tried to leave behind; he meets Tom the farmers son. Tom is beautiful and fearless, with the arrogance of privilege and youth. The tension is further under-pinned by the social repression and isolation of rural New Zealand in 1960. A tinder-box of deceit and malice emerges as Billy discovers that he is not the only one fighting his desires and hiding his demons.
