The Detective and Death

The film’s film‑noir atmosphere is overwhelming—an immersion into the depths of night within a dystopian time that leaves no room for hope. The characters attempt to evade a fate that unfolds with little symbolic subtlety: the inevitable death awaiting everyone. With a diverse and talented cast, the film stands as a rara avis within the cinema of its era and, even today, remains open to countless interpretations that go far beyond its apocalyptic tone.

Synopsis. In a European city shaken by racial unrest, a powerful tycoon must confront the only force he cannot deceive or corrupt: death itself. Meanwhile, a detective searches for the woman he loves, while an innocent young woman follows him with the absurd intention of bringing her child back to life—an infant murdered in his cradle by a gunman.