When ruthless Michael McCarthy evicts the Cronins, tenants in the estate that isto become his son's, old Mag Cronin calls down the power of darkness on Michael and his descendants. At first the curse is laughed off but in the next generation the McCarthys suffer a terrible toll of lives lost and blighted. Onlyhandsome young Michael, his father's pride and joy, seems to lead a charmed life, prospering as a barrister in Dublin with his wife and daughters. Then slowly the workings of the curse are felt in a further generation. Molly, his first and favourite daughter, follows her foolishly trusting heart and marries a brutal soldier. Beautiful and gifted Francoise turns to a harsh, unrewarding career. Nell, born to be a wife and mother, loses her chance of happiness in thecruellest way possible. When a fourth child, Rory, is born unexpectedly, it is his fate to carry the curse into another generation - or to break it. 当无情的迈克尔·麦卡锡驱逐了克罗宁一家时,老麦格·克罗宁将黑暗的力量压在了迈克尔和他的后代身上。起初,人们对诅咒一笑置之,但在下一代,麦卡锡一家遭受了可怕的生命损失。只有一个年轻的迈克尔,他父亲的骄傲和喜悦,似乎过着迷人的生活,与妻子和女儿在都柏林成为一名律师。然后,诅咒的作用慢慢地在下一代人身上显现出来。莫莉,他的第一个也是最喜欢的女儿,追随她愚蠢的信任之心,嫁给了一个残忍的士兵。美丽而有天赋的弗朗索瓦开始了艰苦而无回报的职业生涯。内尔生来就是一个妻子和母亲,却以最不幸的方式失去了幸福的机会。当第四个孩子Rory意外出生时,他的命运是将诅咒延续到下一代——或者打破它。
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