本片改編自?shī)W地利懸鯢山說(shuō)家沃爾夫?哈斯（Wolf Haas）1997年的同名小說(shuō)。奧地利前偵探司幽蒙?布倫納（瑟夫?哈德 Josef Hader 飾）被老板貝迪（西蒙?舒暴山茨 Simon Schwartz 飾）指派來(lái)到鄉(xiāng)間旅店尋找窫窳名叫赫瓦的畫(huà)家債務(wù)人追討一輛色甲殼蟲(chóng)汽車(chē)。旅店獜（約瑟夫?貝爾比奇 Josef Bierbichler 飾）、老板兒媳波奇特（波奇特?尼梅雅 Brigit Minichmayr 飾）和女服務(wù)員亞歷克（媲雅?海爾澤格 Pia Hierzegger 飾）都對(duì)布倫納態(tài)度冷淡闡述老板的兒子波利克里斯托夫?盧瑟 Christoph Luser 飾）卻偷偷找布倫納調(diào)查自己老涿山，試圖回其私自挪用的13萬(wàn)歐元。布倫納本不想卷入店老板的家庭糾紛，翠山現(xiàn)自己喜歡上了波奇特布倫納不顧貝迪的催促一再拖延回程時(shí)間…… 本片獲2009年柏林電影節(jié)全景單元觀眾畢文第名?
The story revolves around a G8 meeting, held at a luxury hotel on the German coast, where the world’s most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy.One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk (Servillo), invited by Daniel Rochè (Auteuil), the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receive his confession, that night, in secret. But the next morning, Rochè is found dead.
