影片改编自D.H.劳伦斯的同名小说。
十部必看的希腊电影经典之一。如果想了解希腊文化尤其是音乐此片必看。1984年柏林电影节最佳导演银熊奖。 Considered to be one of the most powerful and emotional Greek movies, Rembetiko focuses on the life of an individual woman,a real person and through her personal story, it retells the story of Greece,from 1920 to 1955:the national disaster in Asia Minor,the one million refugees who came to Greece,the World War II,the Nazi occupation,the Civil War.The tragedy and the glory of a nation during the century.And all these bound with the music of rembetiko,the music of the outcasts.Great direction,great performances,great music.A voyage to history of the first half of the 20th century, but also a voyage to the origins of rembetiko.Realistic and dreamy.An original Greek epic.
调查局机动组组长方国辉（刘德华）为人干练嫉恶如仇，与手下对周朝先（梁家辉）经营的电玩场进行监拍时，拿到其经营地下赌场的证据，将其告上法庭，岂料法官被收买，周朝先被判无罪当庭释放。与黑金挂勾的侯部长（李立群）暗中施压，调查局勒令方国辉休假，停止对周朝先的调查。
