黑人警官哈里恩.里吉斯乃华盛顿高级警务人员,专办大案。这次他接手的代号为1600的谋杀案涉及国家机密:一位在白宫任职的年轻女子在白宫内被谋杀。调查深入到一定程度,他发现这里面的复杂程度远远超出他的想象。总统身边的特工做的一些事,不知是维法还是违法,某些重大案情的档案会神秘失踪。政府高官敌我不分,立场暖昧。里吉斯警官工作起来得不到应有的支持。分管特殊事条的尼娜.钱斯被上锋告之,尽快结案。里吉斯争取到尼娜的协助,线索更多了,上至总统下至一般工作人员,似乎都有犯罪嫌疑。那么到底谁杀了人,杀人的动机又是什么呢?。她典当最后的家当,一个金十字架,他震惊于她的美丽,多给点钱,她不肯要。美女与押店店主,一个珍视灵魂,一个贪求物质。错配的婚姻,开场已知结局:她用死亡换取自由。往后是押店店主第一人称故事,苦寻妻子自杀原因但徒劳,观众如堕迷雾,他自圆其说,画面故事益发绷紧。她的神秘,是布烈松的留白,观众的解读空间。导演爱把演员变“模特儿”,本次找来真模特儿杜明妮桑德,不因为她美,而是看中她的声线,但桑德的静,有澎湃感染力。布烈松第一部彩色,令温柔添残酷实感。。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?。