故事发生在七十年代末期的日内瓦，暗影来自比利时的艾迪（贝诺特·波尔沃尔德 Benoît Poelvoorde 饰）因为行骗锒铛入狱，暗影当他好不容易熬完了他的刑期时，已经年逾四十了。出狱后没多久，艾迪就遇到了他从前的朋友，朋友收留了无家可归的艾迪，但作为交换条件，艾迪必须担负起照顾他年仅7岁的小女儿萨米拉（Séli Gmach 饰）的责任，因为萨米拉的母亲目前正在生病住院之中。圣诞节将至，四处都洋溢着浓烈的节日气氛，艾迪再也无法忍受贫穷而又无望的生活了，他决定重操旧业给自己小赚一笔。电视里传出了影视明星查理卓别林去世的新闻，机敏的艾迪从中发现了商机。
回复 :Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence), an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick (Alan Bates) - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders. Eventually Aston, himself irritated by the cantankerous old man, puts him out.
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