身怀绝技的厨师叶大岗（孙海英 饰）和徒弟裘子（杜双宇 饰）在游击队做炊事员。一次送饭途中，裘子邂逅了自己暗恋多年的梦中情人小荷（阎俊希 饰）。小荷经营着一家杂货铺，此时已是韵味十足的俏寡妇。叶师傅暗中支招有意促成，眼见好事将成，一队日本兵却从天而降。原本平静美好的田园生活被打破了，而引狼入室的正是土财主李老六（盛石头 饰）。叶大岗和裘子阴差阳错地被扣为人质，专职为鬼子提供餐饮服务。原来日本兵大队长米西太君（刘长春 饰）是个略带神经质的变态美食家，他最爱的就是在饱餐奇绝美味后跟游击队干上一仗。危机降临，英雄登场，一场惊心动魄、爆笑幽默的毒中毒大战全面打响。
一直作為米路斯．科曼劇本鐵三角（另一位是帕培錫，也是本片編劇之一）成員的艾雲．巴薩，當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢，生活狀況大不同，你有伴侶我有家庭，然而都有說不出的不明朗，唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的，只在剎那間的意圖，行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧，卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思，叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的伊力．盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影，古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪，難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。 康城影展青年評審團獎，美國全國影評人協會特別獎 這部1966年的珍品，是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂家到小鎮探訪舊同學，舊同學是個窮音樂教師，有時在喪禮上吹奏樂曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡，變出風趣復罕見的旋律，一部憂鬱的喜劇，或灰色喜劇。 - Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader Ivan Passer's (Cutter's Way and Creator) last film to be made in his native Czechoslovakia is about friends – musician Petr and music teacher Karel – reunited when Petr returns to town for a performance. Passer frequently collaborated with Milos Forman and the episodic, low-action aesthetic that was evident in Forman's early work can be seen here. Years of separation have bred apprehension between the two men, and Karel's simmering jealousy makes their meeting all the more awkward. Eventually, the barriers crumble enough for the pair to freely discuss their lives. The film's simple beauty is in the details of the men's reacquainting themselves with each other, discovering each other's regrets and unfulfilled desires. Alive with pathos, humour and insight. Special Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards Its simple city mouse-country mouse story involves the meeting of two former schoolmates as they prepare for a small-town concert. Enlivened by Passer's flair for grotesquerie, this unassuming masterpiece maintains a delicate balance between hilarity and despair. - Elliott Stein, Village Voice Source: HKIFF Czech New Wave 2006
本片叙述一位廿一岁高中退学生，以他个人独特的想法和行动来缔造美国梦，充满著喜趣、动作、悬疑，本片深入介绍罕为人知的旧金山特殊巡逻队，这支巡逻队是在一八五一年旧金山开埠的年代组成的，当时加州州警的警力不足，故将其辖区卖给私人机构，让民众来担任警察的工作。从此以后这些私人的警察机构被称为特别巡逻队，他们与官方警察携手合作，并接受警察学校的正式训练。乔治卡夫，一个你绝对无法信赖的家伙，刚接手管理警局，现在大家却必须仰仗这个小子eee
