颠末劳动革新，监犯李慧泉（姜文 饰）刑满开释，他回到了从小发展的胡同。老街坊邻人罗年夜妈很赐顾帮衬这个怙恃亡故、伶丁孤立的小伙子。昔时，哥们叉子由于女和睦上了他人，愤恚不外，拉着课本气的李慧泉，教训了阿谁汉子，成果无意中弄出了人命，二人双双进狱。现在，叉子的家人对他们照旧抱有偏见，只有叉子的弟弟感觉李慧泉是条汉子。 李慧泉在平易近警小刘（刘斌 饰）的帮忙下，后来选择了练摊餬口，时代碰到了三教九流令他尝遍人世冷热。在歌厅里，李慧泉熟悉了驻唱的歌手赵雅秋（程琳 饰），尔后他成为她的护花使者，可是在他决议从头起头新糊口的时辰，却堕入了始料未及的窘境……本片按照刘恒的小说《黑的雪》改编，取得1990年柏林片子节银熊奖。

Emerson Grahams nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running.