南加利福尼亚,高中生布伦丹·弗莱(约瑟夫·戈登-李维特 Joseph Gordon-Levitt 饰)接到前女友艾米丽•考斯特奇(艾米丽·Emilie de Ravin 饰)的电话,分手两个月来她过得并不好,似乎正在面临巨大的磨难。在接下来的两天里,布伦丹四处寻找艾米丽,最终看到的却是她的尸体。为了弄清艾米丽死亡背后的真相,布伦丹执着地展开调查。他寻找任何可能与艾米丽有关的人与事,从而卷入巨大的黑暗漩涡之中……。In this bitingly satirical film Peter Slovan, a continuous source of trouble for the film functionaries of the socialist Slovakia, tackles an evergreen topic – the corruptive effects of power. Barnabáš Kos, a triangle player at a symphonic orchestra, is suddenly promoted to serve as the head of the said institution, even though both he and his superiors deem him completely unfit for the task. Encouraged in equal parts by this unexpected recognition and the servile praise of his colleagues, Kos’s modesty starts to gradually vanish. The erstwhile bashful and aloof percussionist quickly becomes aware of the advantages of his new office, and begins to realise his increasingly ludicrous artistic ambitions. Ultimately, the submissive marionette turns into a source of public humiliation, and his astonishing career finds an abrupt end. Orchestra serves here as a microcosm that grotesquely reflects the absurd and tragicomic mechanisms of the paranoid apparatus of power.
Digitised in 4K and restored in 2K, based on the 35mm camera negative, by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute. The original film elements are preserved by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute.
Eva Näripe。