本片以江户时代末期的长屋贫民街为舞台,描写了两个年轻掏粪工与落魄武士家大小姐的爱情。黑白色调、学院画幅、章回体叙事,在这个喧嚣的时代,导演以激进的姿态回归古典,用他最擅长的喜剧形式写尽底层百姓人生,不断挖掘人性的光辉。曾获柏林国际电影节最佳女演员奖,并三度获得日本电影学院最佳女配角奖的黑木华,用无声的演技完美诠释失声后的女主角阿菊,又一次贡献出卓越表演。。The plot centres on forty-something Marie, who lives in the Hautes-Alpes department of France, cut off from her close family. All she has is her lover, Alex, who works in the border police force. Thanks to him, she traffics cigarettes between Italy and France to make ends meet. One day, on her way to France, she runs into Mouneer, a 20-year-old Sudanese migrant, who is determin...。