他(Method Man 饰)是一个沉默的男子,永远礼帽风衣,沉默地穿梭在这座道德沦丧、破败绝望的城市的大街小巷。死亡每天发生,司空见惯,不知天高地厚的年轻人们呼啸而过,挥霍生命。白天他是市殡仪馆的殡仪师,以娴熟专业且庄重的手法清理残破不堪的尸体,带死者走过最后一程;夜晚则端坐那间被暴怒吵闹的邻居所包围的小屋里,细心制作动物标本,为他们的主人找回最后的安慰。
某天,一具女性尸体在他死水般的内心世界引起涟漪。尸体上纹有波提切利的名作《维纳斯诞生》,似曾相识的图案勾起了他对往事的回忆。城市的自毁仍在继续,他也无法永保平静……
This film took the top honor at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival. After a series of documentaries, this marks the directorial debut for Zelimir Zilnik. It takes a decidedly anti-Stalinist view in the wake of the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia and raises important political questions. He states that although the world has experienced untold wars, there have only been a handful of revolutions with any lasting significance that lead to political change.
When his sister's classmate, Leelaa, comes to spend the summer at his family home, a friendship is forged in few days and when our hero decides to take off on a road trip across the country, Leela is more than ready to join him. But something happens on that road trip. Situations go out of control and our lead pair are thrown into a vortex that they're completely unprepared for...