酗酒颓父、痴肥恶母,以廉价相机拍摄的一张张私密家庭照片,绚烂色彩与模糊影像带来真实坦率的震撼。英国著名影像艺术家理查德·比灵甘将摄影集《雷的笑声》转化成电影首作,以十六毫米菲林重塑戴卓尔年代,劳动阶层一家窝居廉租屋的清贫岁月。蕾丝窗帘飘渺的昏黄回忆里,是乏人照料的三段成长经历;韶光在花卉墙纸上剥落,不曾褪色的是孤单里的微温浅笑。
魔术师狄万君加入一群能人异士组成的马戏班,发现这个马戏班有着不为人知的另一面,他们暗地里不断阻止当地文物贩子倒卖国家文物。为彻查文物流出的源头,狄万君潜伏在文物交易的高发地永乐斯夜总会一探究竟。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...