简介：When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the latter will have to wait for five years until they can inherit the count's money. Very upsetting indeed, all the more as they are required to keep up the Kéraudren estate in the meantime. To collect money, nephews and nieces organize a Son et Lumière show at the manor while busily looking for the missing corpse. But, unexpectedly, they get killed in turns. Murders or accidents Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline and his cousin Edwige investigate and finally succeed in exposing the culprit. And, the count's body being found by chance, all goes back to normal.
简介：本片改编自罗马尼亚神学家伊利亚德的同名小说。1938年，年逾七十的哲学教授多米尼克•马泰（蒂姆•罗斯 Tim Roth 饰）本打算自杀，却被闪电突然击中。严重烧伤的多米尼克得到了罗马尼亚医生斯坦库里斯库教授（布鲁诺•岗茨 Bruno Ganz 饰）的救治，痊愈后，多米尼克竟发现自己返老还童，并分裂出另外人格。不仅如此，多米尼克还具有梦中学习、透视、意念移物等特异功能。为了躲避纳粹医生鲁道夫（安德烈•汉尼克André Hennicke 饰）的追踪，多米尼克化名辗转于瑞士、罗马尼亚、马耳他、印度等地，直到二战结束。六十年代，某次登山时多米尼克遇见一名叫做维拉尼卡的女子（亚历山德拉•玛利亚•拉拉 Alexandra Maria Lara 饰），与他年轻时的未婚妻劳拉一模一样。维拉尼卡及朋友山中遇险，被多米尼克救治后便拥有了梦中追溯语言起始的能力，却因此加速衰老。多米尼克一方面希望维拉尼卡助他完成语言及时间起源的著作，一方面又不愿看到爱人因此早夭，矛盾中痛苦不已…… 本片获独立精神奖最佳摄影提名。