Contemporary Prague – social decay is inevitable. Prostitute Romi’s failures at work and elsewhere drive her to enthusiastically pursue other options. Is she heading for salvation or damnation? This courageous film from a director most often associated with box-office hits marks another shift in his varied creative career.。諾貝爾文學獎得主馬奎斯(Gabriel García Márquez),是拉美魔幻寫實主義文學的代表人物,也是20世紀最有影響力作家之一。《百年孤寂》一書多年來啟發過許多人的心靈。成名後的他,甚至曾試圖促成美國與古巴和解。電影從其童年成長的阿拉卡塔卡出發,追溯馬奎斯從離鄉、以記者為業、到專注文學路上的蹤跡,同時描繪他深具人文關懷的一面。。