欢愉之书

　　故事背景设置在不远的未来世界，在414区的人型机器人殖民地中，私家侦探大卫·卡迈克尔(皮尔斯饰)受雇于痴迷商业世界的财阀马龙·维特(费米尔饰)去寻找后者叛逆的女儿。卡迈克尔需要与高度智能的机器人(鲁茨饰)通力合作，而在这个过程中，关于414区和“机器人之城”起源的罪行也浮出了水面。

　　澳大利亚摄影记者克莱尔（泰莉莎·帕尔墨 Teresa Palmer 饰）在柏林度假时邂逅了当地男子安迪（马克思·雷迈特 Max Riemelt 饰），一见钟情的两人共度春宵，激情过后意想不到的危险来临，克莱尔醒来时发现自己被安迪反锁在家中，而安迪似乎并不打算让她离开……

富豪私人派对上，一对男女忘我炒热气氛，只要金主敢玩，他们十倍奉还。白天，两人栖居小公寓照料幼子，她靠教舞维生，他则是潦倒音乐家。然而，手机里传来的加沙炼狱景象使他们焦虑，周遭人们却欢庆着血流成河，他们为了温饱，继续出卖灵魂。某夜，他收到酬劳可观的邀约，却必须将金主写下的魔鬼诗篇谱成新国歌。为了五斗米，他决定深入国族的集体创伤，寻找主旋律。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.