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?。凌海市发生一起连环杀人案,让刑警季凡与队长熊振男、法医赵清妍等人联手展开调查。然而案件扑朔迷离,始终无法破获。随着调查的深入,季凡逐渐惊觉凶手似乎就在身边,看似简单的连环杀人案,却牵扯出一桩27年前的旧案,被时光掩埋的真相缓缓揭开,杀人凶手正是与季凡朝夕相处的父亲季廷山和哥哥季平,而季平却替季凡背负了27年的复仇重任。随着季廷山被捕,季平负伤逃到海外,季凡追寻他的踪迹来到曾经长大的第二故乡欧洲某国。季凡一边追查季平的下落,一边还要完成组织上委派的卧底任务,找出隐藏在三大黑帮家族幕后的操控人A先生,破解黑帮圣物“圣杯”中的秘密,被卷入欧洲某国黑帮的争斗中。在捷克警方的协助下,季凡终于查到A先生真实身份,而季平的目标居然也是A先生,而这一切也跟俩人的过往有着千丝万缕的关系。。1997年,17岁的克拉拉和艾琳一见如故。她们溜到西西里的一座小岛上,决心在这里度过自由自在的夏天,也逃避那个她们想要忘记的事实。 该片曾入围2024年柏林国际电影节新生代少年单元。。