故事发生在17世纪。赫丝特（黛米·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰）离开丈夫，孤身一人来到马萨诸塞湾的英属殖民地定居。在这里开拓的英国人信仰坚定，恪守清规，赫丝特的一些举动在这压抑的殖民地环境下颇为引人注目。当地的牧师阿瑟（加里·奥德曼 Gary Oldman 饰）英俊而富有激情，赫丝特为他的神采深深吸引，两个性情相投的人很快陷入了危险的热恋。不久殖民地方面接到了赫丝特的医生丈夫被印第安人杀害的消息，本以为可以公开关系的一对恋人等到的却是东窗事发，赫丝特为保护阿瑟，拒绝供认通奸者，自此被投入监狱直至产下一名女婴，而阿瑟则在监狱外日日承受心灵的拷问……出狱后的赫丝特戴上了通奸者的耻辱标志，同时她大难不死的丈夫突然现身，誓要将通奸者揪出以发泄心中怒火……
回复 :Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will "benefit the town", and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
回复 :One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.
回复 :《超高速！参勤交代归来》是2014年上映并获得日本蓝丝带大奖的人气电影《超高速！参勤交代》的续集，故事设定在将军德川吉宗执政时期，前作讲述佐佐木藏之介饰演的主人公汤长谷藩藩主内藤政醇接到严峻任务，克服所有困难完成，续集讲述内藤完成任务之后回乡途中发生的故事。
