Eight friends, all in a stable relationship, decide to venture into a game of sexual discovery by exchanging couples while trying to free themselves from their daily routine and add a spicy touch to their love life....
As his mother’s illness progresses, a wealthy young man hires a perfect caregiver. But their lives start to spiral into a deadly affair as the caregiver seemingly tries to make herself a permanent facet of the wealthy family....
At the beginning of the movie a pharmacist receives an anonymous letter that threatens him of death. And the murder actually happens. Seems very simple but nothing is what it seems and the journey to the truth will be long and difficult. The book is excellent and the movie is at par with it and very faithful to the romance. Great direction. Incredible cast with Gabriele Ferzetti in his best interpretation together with the one in "C'era una volta il West" and Gianmaria Volonté simply beyond reach as always. Many other great actors. Yes I am an enthusiast 'cause there's not a word or a shot out of place in this movie and the plot is ingenious. Who is going to see this film for the first time will be taken away by the developments (the pace seems to be calm but looking in between the kinks you may realize that many things are going rapidly on). Trying to figure out what is the kernel of the happenings and the "reasons" for the murder is a very interesting exercise but it's highly unlikely for the spectator not to experience a big surprise at the end. In my opinion Elio Petri at his best (I mean at the same level of his other masterwork: La classe operaia va in Paradiso).</p>...
故事开始于1930年的奥地利，犹太富翁维克多（莫里兹·布雷多 Moritz Bleibtreu 饰）同女友莲娜（乌苏拉·斯特劳斯 Ursula Strauss 饰）精心经营着他们的画廊，生意红火，鲁迪（乔治·弗里德里希 Georg Friedrich 饰），一个如假包换的雅利安人，是他们两人共同的朋友，彼此之间感情十分要好。维克多收藏了一幅米开朗基罗的画作，没想到，这珍贵的画作成为了三人命运的转折点。...
正值英格兰17世纪中叶内战期间，战场上炮火隆隆，死伤遍野。作为保皇党一员的怀特黑德（里斯·谢尔史密斯 Reece Shearsmith 饰）偶然遭遇三个厌倦了战争的家伙：卡特勒（瑞恩·波普 Ryan Pope 饰）、雅各布（皮特·费德南多 Peter Ferdinando 饰）和弗兰德（理查德·格劳弗 Richard Glover 饰）。他们远离战场喧嚣，漫无目的前行，途中遭遇了强势粗野的爱尔兰男人奥尼尔（迈克尔·史麦利 Michael Smiley 饰）。奥尼尔很快统领了这个逃兵四人组，他指挥四人前去挖掘神秘宝藏。由此踏上了一段诡异反常的旅途，等待他们的将是什么……...
