萧依云(林凤娇 饰)自幼生活在父母的疼爱之中,长大之后又嫁给了深爱的男人高浩天(秦汉 饰),生活十分幸福美满。在做家教的过程中,萧依云结识了名为俞碧菡的女孩(张艾嘉 饰)。俞碧菡的人生和萧依云截然相反,过着寄人篱下的日子,常年遭受继母的虐待。 一天,萧依云接到了性命危在旦夕的俞碧菡的求救,实在心疼俞碧菡的萧依云决定将前者接到自己家中居住,俞碧菡终于脱离了苦海。一直无法怀孕的萧依云去看了医生,悲痛的得知自己有可能一辈子都不会有孩子了。俞碧菡一直以来都想要报答高家的救命之恩,借此机会她提出了“借腹生子”的主意。
故事设定在18世纪的英国,正值天花大流行与詹姆斯党起义的动荡时期。萨维奇爵士与野心勃勃的妻子萨维奇夫人,不顾一切地追逐地位与财富。他们对时代灾难视而不见,疯狂的执念让家族庄园沦为荒诞、奢靡与血腥的舞台:决斗频发、联盟在晚宴上轻易崩塌,家族姓氏“Savage”(野蛮)成了绝妙讽刺。这是一部黑色讽刺喜剧,辛辣解构阶级、权力与人性的贪婪 。
A forbidden love story between 18-year-old Noah and stepbrother Nick faces challenges as they pursue different paths - him in business, her at Oxford - while dealing with new relationships and secrets.
Set against the backdrop of eighteenth century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir Chauncey Savage (Grant) and Lady Savage (Foy) and their blind pursuit of a better life. It is not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed. Filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed, this is a madcap play on class and power.