臺北一棟新式公寓里三個家庭，都有一人今晚不回家。重考壓力下的少女珍珍，不服父親保守冬烘、嚴(yán)格管教，負氣逃家。新婚燕爾，華成卻借口南下高雄出差，實乃背著新婚妻子、與自美返臺的舊情人會晤。結(jié)婚已十年，孩子有三個；岳父母來訪寄宿，七口擠在小公寓──中年進德喘不過氣，托辭加班不回家。珍珍遇上同學(xué)的舅舅張伯父，風(fēng)流翩翩、善于調(diào)情誘惑──他是父親口中的魔鬼嗎？華成面對舊情人投懷送抱，忐忑踟躕，天人交戰(zhàn)──他將忠誠抑或背叛？古板老實的小文員進德，遇上妖冶女人前來搭訕勾引──他會情迷意亂而遭遇仙人跳嗎？三人最后會回家嗎？白景瑞曾經(jīng)負笈義大利學(xué)習(xí)電影，深受義大利新寫實主義影響。學(xué)成返臺后，他在六○年代協(xié)助中影，促進「健康寫實電影」之形成，之后亦投入七○年代「瓊瑤愛情電影」的拍攝。然而，在此二保守類型之前，白景瑞六○年代的作品卻十分前衛(wèi)，充滿形式語言的實驗，內(nèi)容則時...

　　In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other daughter), leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore. All this is shot in the style of an early German sonal film, complete with intertitles, crackly sound-track and 'hand-tinted' colour effects.- Written by Michael Brooke <[email protected]>