在一座牛奶仍需在每个早上被递送的乡村小镇,一个名叫曼福特(洛伦·迪安饰)的心理学者倾听着周围每个人的述说。曼福特性格独特,留着一头孩子发型,总戴着领带,待人温和又率直。他向人们提的忠告即坦白又平实,却总是能达到使人宽慰的效果。“有些东西很叫人困惑,”他对一个病人说。当病人询问他所指何物时,他平静地回答:“生活。”。After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas b...。