1979年，陷入越战和冷战的美国，没有在科技大发展时代得到重生，反而滑向了信心危机的困局，“美国精神”发生了动摇。赫伯·布鲁克斯（库尔特·拉塞尔 饰）是带领明尼苏达大学冰球队

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A group of Czech artists choose to ignore the realities of Nazi occupation in this brooding experimental war drama. When a pretty female refugee comes to town seeking help, she awakens the sexual desires of all the men, but the only one who helps her is a sympathetic sculptor. When she is allegedly killed, the man sends the artists who refused to aid the woman death masks of the victim. All later conclude that the woman was not mortal.

这是一部独立的新派黑色电影。根据著名文人 的作品改编。电影带领观众深入常人不熟悉的街区，通过拉丁裔酒店火灾事件的探寻，发掘街区中掩藏的腐败与堕落，同时揭露中产阶级与贫困群