在这部十字路口剧情片中,英国一度很盛行的社会写实主义风格在60年代末的延续罢了，翻拍自Ken Loach早期为BBC拍的一集电视片。
侯孝贤在访谈中提及，他选择从影是因为在当兵时看了一部英国片，译作《十字路口》的，令处在人生十字路口的他决心走电影这条路。
Movie version of the BBC TV play that first addresses some of the major social issues of the day. A girl from a rich family in Chelsea is bored and decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea. She gets a flat and starts working in a factory and makes some friends there. One of her friends is pregnant but abortion is illegal ...
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