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　　聚焦美国“暴徒时代”黑手党头目艾尔·卡彭。故事从这位经历了十多年牢狱生涯、已经47岁的黑手党教父讲起，此时的艾尔·卡彭饱受老年痴呆症困扰。

　　彼德在新闻界是个呼风唤雨的经纪人，包装政客候选人是他的生财之道，颠倒是非，混淆视听是他的拿手好戏。那些被他包装的候选人有如傀儡一般被打扮成受人欢迎政治偶像，吹嘘阒根本无法实现的政治报复。凭借彼德的智慧和候选人充足的资金支持，选举往往是胜券在握。眼看新一届州长大选在即，竞选风云再起杀场，但彼德似乎另有打算……

　　The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.

　　The famous writer Bernard travels to a small town nearby a lake to spend vacation out of season in the winter. He check in an old hotel owned by Enrico and his daughter Irma expecting to meet the maid Tilde, from whom he had a crush last time he visited the town. However, he discovers that Tilde has committed suicide and when he meets the local photographer, Bernard learns that she was pregnant. He becomes obsessed to find whether she really committed suicide and to guess what really happened. When Enrico's son Mario and his wife Adriana arrive at the hotel, Bernard has daydreams about the fate of Tilde.