影片改编自唐纳德·维斯雷克的小说《记忆》，讲述1950年代，纽约演员保罗·科尔（安德烈·霍兰 Andre Holland 饰）在俄亥俄州遭遇野蛮袭击，丢失了记忆，他被困在一个神秘小镇上，努力寻找回家的路，重新拼凑并找回失去的生活和身份。
一代京剧名旦杨玉楼，少年苦学进京闯荡，。在途中遇省亲大太监赵公公，由此引起宫中注意。杨玉楼被慈禧太后封为宫戏班头教头，结果却如羊入虎口九死一生。赵公公等恶势力的陷害，使杨玉楼屡遭磨难，但杨玉楼不断抗争，终于成为京剧武生泰斗。
病毒在全国传播后，四人奋力逃离这座城市。
从小在美国长大的印度人罗斯汗，陪行将就木的奶奶回到故乡印度德里6区，罗斯汗被印度独特的风土人情吸引，更被美丽的比图打动，然而德里6区的人们却笼罩在黑猴怪的阴影下。。。
二十年前，龙七爷赶尸时遇到了赶尸人最怕的事情——尸路无门；二十年后，随着一名无头尸的出现，镇子上开始出现了一系列诡异的事件，而这些离奇事件竟与二十年前龙七爷赶尸时遇邪有关……
A portrait of a man who analyses his life on his 44th birthday. The past and the present, the actual and potential developments blend in a dreamy vision. "The protagonist seems to assume that travelling in time is possible, and things happen in an imaginary, invented time which he fittingly adjusts and changes", said Konwicki in the Film Press News 1/1972. The film is a formally complex analysis of what is commonly referred to as the Polish fate. Awards: 1972 - The Warsaw Mermaid of the Film Critics' Club at the Polish Journalists' Association in the feature film category Special Jury Award at the Lubuskie Film Summer in Lagow 1973 - Special Award for Screenplay at the San Remo Film Festival.
