影片主角(jiǎo )是一(✒)个78岁的英(🐌)国著名作(🃏)家(jiā )，他身患重(🔱)病(bìng )却仍(🤴)然酗酒成(chéng )性，口(kǒu )不择(zé )言。夜晚不(🗼)时陷于噩(😧)梦的缠绕中，令他想入非(fēi )(♑)非，一(🚤)边琢磨(🐿)着他最后(hòu )一部(bù )作品的(de )情节构思，一边回忆(yì )(🚉)着(zhe )他的(🐖)往(🕌)事。于(🎿)是，噩(è )(🗑)梦、他(tā )的(de )(🙁)想象加上(shàng )往事的(🕕)回忆相互混(🔊)淆在(zài )一起，共同构成了(le )他作品(pǐn )的故(😞)事框架(jià )。　(🦗)　(🌑)影片(piàn )(🌊)将文(🥎)学(xué )创作的过程跟幻想(🏂)、愤怒等融为一体(tǐ )，制(💪)造了一个精致的弗洛(luò )伊德哑(yǎ )(🚻)谜。这是雷(💠)奈的第(🏯)一部用英语拍摄的影片(⚾)。剧本(běn )比较拗口罗(💝)嗦，有较(jiào )重的文学味，影片被(bèi )认为是雷奈的杰作(zuò )，博加德的演(yǎn )出尤为精湛，但一般(💿)观众(zhòng )可能会觉得单(🤥)调乏味(🔤)。　　Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. He is a bitter man and he shows, through flashbacks, how spiteful, conniving and treacherous his family is. But is this how they really are or is it his own vindictive slant on things