可爱搞怪的小生(郝绍文 饰)因受不了父亲娶了新妻子而责骂自己,便离家出走。一路游荡,接着小生认识了校工达叔(吴孟达 饰),纠缠达叔收留他。达叔一直喜欢一个卖花的盲女(朱茵 饰),并假装有钱人天天在她的花摊买花,希望尽绵力帮忙她。达叔所任职的学校有一群顽劣的学生,没有老师能够把他们教好,校长只好悬赏50万聘请老师。达叔知道盲女的手术费正好是50万,面对顽劣的学生,达叔决定跟小生一起到乌龙寺学艺。学成归来的达叔果然把学生教的十分守规矩。但为了让学生阿武(金城武 饰)在情敌面前出口气,帮阿武催眠打架,达叔被学校赶走了。小生出主意到自己家里偷出50万,可惜失败了,为了使达叔能逃走,小生被父亲抓住……。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?。