As a veteran returning from World War II, he was alienated from his wife and family because of the psychological trauma left by various wars, which eventually led to his wife dolores suffering from severe depression.
And one day, she personally killed herself and Lydia's three children. When she got home, she saw this scene. Heartbroken Lydia shot Dolores and burned down the house. After that, she became seriously insane and was sent to Shutter Island for treatment.
Behind the scenes:
This film is the fourth film co-produced by martin scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, and "Shutter Island" also holds the record that since 2002, a feature film made by martin scorsese must be starred by Leonardo DiCaprio.
When Paramount Company prepared this film, the first director was david fincher, and the leading role was Brad Pitt. However, they dropped out of Shutter Island's shooting plan because they wanted to shoot The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.