Like Fritz Lang, David Fincher or Bong Joon Ho before him, talented debut filmmaker Lado Kvataniya uses the concept of police detective vs serial killer for an excitingly stylised, macabre and haunting narrative, that ultimately revolves around the identity of an era: in this case, the late 1980s Soviet Union. With Glasnost and the end of communist rule, the West also learned of the (unsurprising) fact that there were serial killers in Russia too – the most notorious case probably that of Andrei Chikatilo, nicknamed the Rostov Ripper, or the Russian Hannibal Lecter. Based on these and many other sources, Kvataniya and screenwriter Olga Gorodetskaya constructed an immersive psychological puzzle, jumping back and forth in time, to reveal ever new-possible motives for the actions of all the protagonists. It all starts in 1990, when Detective Issa Davydov is celebrating his promotion and receives a call, reporting a crime that looks precisely like the ones of the serial killer that he famously captured some years before ...
刚刚迎来毕业典礼的帝都大学学生筱宫优(多部未华子 饰)意外收到一个奇怪包裹,包裹表面写着“诈欺游戏(Liar Game)”,里面竟然有一封邀请函和1亿日元现金。她被神秘的LGT事务所胁迫参加重新复活的诈欺游戏,胜利的话将获得20亿日元的奖金,拒绝参加将背负巨额的债务。惊慌失措的筱宫顺着冷峻的观察员(芦田爱菜 饰)留下的线索,找到了在帝都大学心理学任教的秋山深一(松田翔太 饰)。显而易见,LGT这番用意是在逼迫秋山参赛,向其复仇。明知前途凶险,秋山坦然应战。此次游戏包括他在内总共有20人参加,看似简单的抢椅子游戏,实则充满陷阱,危机四伏。天才诈欺师秋山面临史无前例的挑战…… 本片根据甲斐谷忍的同名漫画改编。
一名网红素食餐厅老板嫁给了一位声称能让她的狗得到永生的神秘男子,随后,她发现自己是的生活变得一发不可收拾
苏利文是好莱坞以喜剧走红的年轻导演电影(乔尔·麦克雷JoelMcCrea饰),但他不满现状,想将下个作品拍成反映社会底层困境的严肃题材。为了体验底层生活,他打扮成身无分文的流浪汉深入民间,但无论他怎么尝试,最后总是又回到了好莱坞。后来他遇到一个事业失败的女演员(维罗妮卡·莱克VeronicaLake饰),让她上车搭了一程,却被误认作小偷送入了警察局。释放之后,苏利文听从女孩的建议,和她结伴一起流浪。这次,他真的成为流浪汉,吃剩饭,睡收容所。最终,苏利文觉得体验足够想要离开收容所时,却被贪婪的流浪汉击晕。一个被火车压死的小偷被误认是苏利文,所有人都以为他死了。与此同时,苏利文醒来之后失忆了,混乱之中打伤一个工人,被判入劳改所6年。他在狱中感受到笑声对他的重要性,当他恢复记忆后,他逐渐认识到喜剧能够带给穷人更多。但是,苏利文遇到了问题,他不能说服任何人他就是苏利文,他该怎么恢复自己的身份?