一些令人不安的事件使得一位拍摄陌生人的艺术家怀疑有人在监视她,真实和虚幻、犯罪和艺术、监视者和被监视者的界限变得模糊……
故事发生在一个能够使用蒸汽魔法改变颜值的神奇杂货铺,运营者颜老板始终相信通过改变外貌可以改变命运。而一个因为头太大无法出任务的废柴警察,执着于拿到以自己父亲命名的奖项,在事业家庭两不顺的情况下,无意中来到颜值杂货铺,委托颜老板为自己进行改造,从而成为了警队中的英雄——屁股超人,结果却因为自己风头太盛而导致自己的儿子被绑架,在解救儿子后才恍然醒悟,对他来说,什么是真正的英雄、真正的命运。
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions. Chauffeur Robert Shaw is in the employ of aristocratic widow Sarah Miles. When she suffers a nervous breakdown, Shaw helps her through her recovery. They grow to love each other during the convalescence; but when she is cured, Ms. Miles refuses to regard Shaw as an equal, and the original status quo is reinstated. The Hireling provides an interesting contrast to the similarly structured American film of 1991, Driving Miss Daisy.