本片是加拿大纪录片导演AllanKing本来为CBC电视台摄制的作品，由于导演本人拒绝剪去电影中大量的有渎神倾向的内容，电影并没有在电视上播放。这部纪录片是“直接电影”（cinmavrit）的楷模作品，讲述了一群生活在一个叫Warrendale的疗养院里的情感躁动困惑的青少年一天的生活，有力而生动的影像令人难忘。本片荣获1967年加拿大电影奖最佳影片奖。AllanKingwasonethecinema’smostacutechroniclersofunadornedreality,butthetermdocumentaryseemstopunytodescribetheintense,passionatestorieshecontrivedtofashionfromthatreality.King’searlynonfictionfeaturesaregenerallyconsideredpartofthe1960scinemaveriteanddirectcinemaschoolsoffilmmaking,namedalongsideworksbysuchpioneersofthosemovementsasJeanRouch,RichardLeacock,D.A.Pennebaker,andthemayslesbrothersKingsharedwiththeseartistsadesiretocapturelifeasithappened,aswellasaquestioningoftheethicsofthatdesireand