长久以来,小镇居民们对菲利克斯(罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰)的猜测和怀疑从未停歇。有人觉得他生性孤僻是个怪胎,有人觉得他犯下了什么不可饶恕的残酷罪行,有人甚至信誓旦旦的说他将灵魂交予了魔鬼换来了可怕的能力,总而言之,所有的言论最终都以这样的一句话来结尾——“要不然他怎么会常年躲在森林里不愿露面呢?”
某一天,神秘的菲利克斯出现在了惊恐的居民们面前,他的出现除了带来恐慌外,还造就了大家茶余饭后的谈资,因为菲利克斯提出了一个非常奇怪的要求——举办一个他自己的葬礼。唯利是图的殡仪馆老板弗兰克(比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰)看见了其中的商机并且揽下了这笔生意,但在葬礼的准备工作进行之际,弗兰克逐渐发现了菲利克斯那深藏于个人历史中的不为人知的秘密。
Would you believe in a policewoman who suffers from such serious panic disorders that she is afraid to get close to any crime scene and has been on permanent office duty for more than a decade? Would you believe a lone mother who is unfit to pay her mortgage and also raise her rebellious teenage daughter? Indeed, no one believes that the troubled ex-detective has discovered a serial murder case. Personal dramas and a murder mystery unfold in present-day Budapest, where demonstrations are part of the pre-election life of a city still trying to cope with the shadows of its historical and recent past. It is a city where nothing seems honest and true, except through the eyes of an emotionally unstable policewoman and her misfit daughter who wants to know who her father truly was.
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