影片主角係沈韶華（林青霞飾演）， 佢嘅父親因為得唔到佢老婆嘅愛 ， 就將憤怒發洩喺少韶華身上。因為韶華和小健談戀愛 ，佢老豆唔高興 ，長年將佢關喺閣樓上，有次甚至割脈自殺。呢個黑暗嘅少年時代最終要等佢老豆過身之後先至終結。
The protagonist of the film is Shen Shaohua (played by Lin Qingxia), whose father vented his anger on Shao Shaohua because he couldn't get his wife's love. Because Shaohua and Xiaojian fell in love, his father was unhappy, locked it in the attic for many years, and once even committed suicide by cutting his veins. This dark teenage period will eventually come to an end after his father's death.