梁天辉年间,皇帝年幼登基,藩王林立,魏王挟天子以令诸侯,权倾朝野。假装昏庸的皇帝手握前朝宝藏,暗自联合江湖门派天香阁,意欲推翻魏王统治夺回政权。皇帝假意举办桃花节,想将藏宝图递交给天香阁,天香阁高手潜伏于桃花节准备策应,同时毒杀魏王,魏王得知消息重兵设伏,意图截获藏宝图,歼灭天香阁,一番腥风血雨之后,皇帝使节朱刚烈被魏王擒获......。深夜时分,女演员周云奇(贾青饰)被奸杀,惨死在自己家中,随着民警赵熵(肖顺尧饰)的调查深入,一幅错综复杂的人际网逐渐浮出水面。六个名字,六个与周云奇生活轨迹紧密相连的邻居,成为破案的关键核心:酒吧里神秘莫测的东哥、沉默寡言却忠诚无比的私人司机王雷、外表刚硬内心藏着秘密的搏击教练陈子昂、孤僻而敏感的少年钱小明、亲密无间却暗流涌动的闺蜜冷美真,以及光彩照人却深藏不露的“白富美”陈佳佳。他们之间,迷恋与嫉妒交织,爱恨如影随形,窥视与崇拜并存,救赎与绝望共舞。周云奇仿佛一面多棱镜,既映照出六人心中的光明与向往,也揭露了那些潜藏于暗处的阴暗与私欲。她的生命,在陨落之际,将所有人性的复杂与矛盾推向了极致。。1970年是法斯賓達的電影人生中最多產的一年,單是劇情長片便拍了不下六部風格、類型、題材等皆各異的作品,而黑色喜劇《小心聖妓》便是其一。但對影迷來說,也許更重要的是此片乃法斯賓達自認最好的個人作品。雖然影片的名字像極與妓女有關,不過故事內容卻是另一回事。它主要講述一群苦候拍攝電影的人,因導演失蹤、器材不見,唯有在冠冕堂皇的西班牙酒店內有如行屍走肉四處飄浮,直至導演出現,大家才抖擻精神。怎料導演忙於拍攝之餘,更要落力應付各方滋事份子,令他疲於奔命,最後他還要面對巨大的財政壓力,而各位演員也開始鼓譟起來...此片無疑可說是導演的個人寫照,透過自嘲、黑色幽默等手法諷刺片場如地獄,不過更值得注意的是此片的混雜風格,既承接他早期的劇場化敘事,亦開其日後的通俗劇形式,可說是法斯賓達電影創作上的重要過渡作品。
1970 was the most prolific year for Fassbinder, he made six features of different style, genre and theme, and Beware of a Holy Whore was the director's personal favourite. Despite its title the film has absolute nothing to do with prostitution. With the director and equipment missing, a group of actors and crew can do nothing but to wait aimlessly inside a posh Spanish hotel. The director finally appears, but he is soon entangled with the trouble makers on the set and pressure from his financers| not before long, the actors are starting to get riotous…A black comedy and a satire of the movie set being "hell", a self-mockery on the perils of being a director. An important work where Fassbinder was making a transition from his early Brechtian style to more conventional narrative.
Source: 世界電影經典回顧 2006 節目二 - 德國電影新浪潮。