1945年,太平洋战争接近尾声,局势明朗。战败的消息传到朝鲜,日本占领军顿时人心惶惶,他们开始快马加鞭销毁侵略的证据,特别是在京城某医院所进行的秘密人体实验,更是湮灭的重中之重。而就在这一过程中,该医院内的一个怪物突然狂性大发。与此同时,京城某典当行内消息灵通的花花公子张泰尚(朴叙俊饰)被为警察抓了起来,要求他在樱花盛开之前找到日本军官下落不明的小妾。从对方的语气中,张敏锐嗅到即将有大事发生。他一方面偷偷张罗变卖家产,另一方面和尾随自己的密探尹采玉(韩韶禧饰)合作追查小妾的下落。 结果发现的真相令他无比震惊……。In this bitingly satirical film Peter Slovan, a continuous source of trouble for the film functionaries of the socialist Slovakia, tackles an evergreen topic – the corruptive effects of power. Barnabáš Kos, a triangle player at a symphonic orchestra, is suddenly promoted to serve as the head of the said institution, even though both he and his superiors deem him completely unfit for the task. Encouraged in equal parts by this unexpected recognition and the servile praise of his colleagues, Kos’s modesty starts to gradually vanish. The erstwhile bashful and aloof percussionist quickly becomes aware of the advantages of his new office, and begins to realise his increasingly ludicrous artistic ambitions. Ultimately, the submissive marionette turns into a source of public humiliation, and his astonishing career finds an abrupt end. Orchestra serves here as a microcosm that grotesquely reflects the absurd and tragicomic mechanisms of the paranoid apparatus of power.
Digitised in 4K and restored in 2K, based on the 35mm camera negative, by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute. The original film elements are preserved by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute.
Eva Näripe。