Though Delluc's career was short-lived, it burst vigorously(7 films in 4 years)that it forever left its imprint on french cinema history, and they rightly honoured him by giving the annual Prix Delluc to the best French film of the year. He was responsible for the creation of influential cinema journals like Le Journal du Ciné-Club and Cinéa, founding numerous film societies, writing countless articles and coining the term cineaste. Delluc believed that films should be set in the natural without elaborate posturing, and characters should be portrayed in an intimate way where the past and present, illusion and reality can be correlated, all considered to be avant-garde at its time. He died only a few weeks after the shooting of The Flood at the age of 33.
米尔德雷德（弗兰西斯·麦克多蒙德 Frances McDormand 饰）的女儿在外出时惨遭奸杀，米尔德雷德和丈夫查理（约翰·哈克斯 John Hawkes 饰）之间的婚姻因此走到了尽头，如今，她同儿子罗比（卢卡斯·赫奇斯 Lucas Hedges饰）过着相依为命的生活。一晃眼几个月过去了，案件仍然没有告破预兆，而警方似乎早已经将注意力从案子上转移了开来。 被绝望和
