SYNOPSIS
Urgently called, the police inspector has arrived in a hotel, and didn't find any crime, but noticed some strangenesses occurring there. He has decided to leave, but a snow avalanche is crushed in the mountains, making it impossible for him to leave. Soon, inspector has found a body of a dead lodger. Everyone who lives in the hotel is under suspicion... (Strugatsky Brothers website)
NOTES
This is a crime / mystery thriller with surreal and psychedelic science fiction overtones based on a book Inspector Glebsky's Puzzle by the Strugatsky brothers. The screenplay was also written by the brothers and it differs from the book. The less you know about the movie the better starting point you have. The film is based largely on the mystery of what's happening to the people of Dead Mountaineer's Hotel. Is everything what it seems? Who's dead or who's not?。《夺面解码》根据十八世纪法国传奇人物神探维托真人真事改编,拍摄费用耗资逾一亿五千万法郎,更荣获西班牙电影节五项大奖。
法国神探维托(杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰)突然失踪,更盛传被一个戴镜子面具的魔人杀死,传闻镜子面具拥有吸去人类灵魂的诡异力量,牵涉整个巴黎多宗神秘谋杀案,顿然引起一阵恐慌。青年新闻记者波艾伦(吉约姆·卡内 Guillaume Canet 饰)遂展开追查,更联同神探维托拍档尼马及一神秘女子,逐一查访多位证人,怎知期间陆续发生多宗“电击杀人案”,不少贵族陆续被离奇闪电轰毙,而曾被追访过的目击证人亦相继被人割喉而死,波艾伦更查出此事与城中大批处女突然失踪有关,令剧情更趋向高潮。每个线索都可改变故事发展,最后关键却在维托自己身上……。该剧以戏说的角度,讲述了康熙年间,由于长年黄河泛滥,康熙帝为了体恤民情,亲自下江南考察,由此引出了一系列充满传奇色彩的故事。第一部由《犁头记》《铜鼎记》《八宝粥记》《紫砂记》构成。。