在这部日暮剧情片中,在得獎首作《天堂無門》（2015）以破格觀點呈現納粹集中營的人間地獄後，尼美斯將深焦鏡頭再推前，凝視一戰的世道崩塌。神秘孤女愛麗絲來到布達佩斯，欲在亡父創立的帽子名店求職竟被拒門外，由此開展一趟追尋兄長惡魔幽靈之旅，重回過去，揭開家族的隱藏真相。延續前作風格，長鏡緊隨愛麗絲穿梭闇黑時空，聚焦局限觀點、狹窄視角，如夢魘般矇矓影像的壓迫感襲人而來；以家族老店殘留的微光，斜照文明的殞落。
1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store, to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán's tracks, her only link to a lost past. Her quest brings her through the dark streets of Budapest, where only the Leiter hat store shines, into the turmoil of a civilization on the eve of its downfall.
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