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故事背景设置在不远的未来世界,在414区的人型机器人殖民地中,私家侦探大卫·卡迈克尔(皮尔斯饰)受雇于痴迷商业世界的财阀马龙·维特(费米尔饰)去寻找后者叛逆的女儿。卡迈克尔需要与高度智能的机器人(鲁茨饰)通力合作,而在这个过程中,关于414区和“机器人之城”起源的罪行也浮出了水面。
As bacteriologist Lena (38) drives past a burning car, she hears a scream of a dying woman. Lena does not tell her boyfriend how much the incident distresses her, just as she does not talk about the stillbirth she recently had. Instead, she throws herself into her work, intrudes into the life of the deceased, begins an affair with the widower and gradually takes on the role of mother to their son. Her persistent insomnia causes her to lose control between dreams and reality. Finally she accepts the help of a whisperer and then finds her own way to cope with her loss
少女艾诺拉·佩妮(Virginia Newcomb 饰)偶然在深夜进入一家破败的歌剧院,乖张吊诡的演员为她表演了六个异乎寻常的故事:《蟾蜍之母》一对美国夫妇来到法国某偏远山镇旅行,在这里结识了一个诡异的老婆婆;《我爱你》德国柏林,走到尽头的婚姻,歇斯底里的偏执男人让他的妻子再也无法忍受着无处不在的狂爱;《梦遗》饱受邪淫梦境困扰的男人,在梦与现实的夹缝中迷失;《事故》真实的死亡对于一个小女孩来说也许过于费解与残酷,然而这就是它真实的原因;《记忆收集》她杀了求死的女人们,她看见并拥有了她们的记忆;《甜食》一度沉浸在甜食和热恋中的情侣,不知不觉走到了情感尽头。
一位单亲母亲带着两个女儿在乡下生活数年后重返台北,在热闹的夜市摆起小吃摊。面对新环境,三人以各自的方式努力适应,既要维持生计又要守护家庭完整。当传统观念根深蒂固的外祖父禁止左撇子小孙女使用"恶魔之手"后,这个三代同堂家庭深埋的秘密开始逐渐浮出水面。