南希（加布里埃尔·尤尼恩 Gabrielle Union 饰）的前夫是有名的嘻哈歌手杰基（查理·墨菲 Charles Q. Murphy 饰），尽管这段破裂的婚姻带给了南希大笔的补偿金和三个可爱的孩子，但是南希却并不感到快乐，形单影只的生活令她感到窒息，圣诞节将近，她多么希望能有人能够陪伴在自己身边，同她和孩子们一起度过这个阖家团圆的节日。...
杰克（加布里埃尔·伯恩 Gabriel Byrne 饰）是一名漫画家，却因为行差踏错而被关进了监狱。在铁窗后，杰克依靠着画漫画来派遣内心的痛苦，他创作了名为《冷酷世界》的连环画，并且在连环画里设置了一个名为霍利（金·贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰）的反派女性角色。哪知道故事里的霍利竟然利用杰克来到了现实世界，而漫画里的另一个人物侦探弗兰克（布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt 饰）则警告杰克一定不能受到霍利的诱惑爱上她，否则，现实和漫画这两个世界都将毁灭。...
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevents her from delivering her usual share....
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>...
