影片主(zhǔ )角(🌠)是一(yī )个78岁的(🥇)英国著名作家，他(🃏)身患重病(bìng )却仍然酗酒(🤴)成性(🎺)，口不(bú )择(zé )言。夜晚不时陷(xiàn )于(yú )噩梦的(💤)缠绕中，令他想(xiǎng )入非非，一边琢(😎)磨(🚤)着他最后一(🔸)部作品的情(qíng )节构思(🕯)，一边回忆着(🥄)他(🛹)的往事。于是，噩梦、他的想象加上(shàng )往(wǎng )事的回忆相(🕕)互(hù )混淆(xiáo )(🐖)在一起，共同构成了(🚣)他(tā )作(🥁)品的故事框架。　(🔢)　影片(🦗)将(🌑)文(🎛)学创作的过(💻)程跟(gēn )幻想、愤怒等融(róng )为一体，制造(🙀)了一个精致的(de )弗洛伊德(dé )哑(yǎ )谜(mí )。这(zhè )是(shì )雷奈(nài )的(😍)第一部用英(yīng )语拍(pāi )摄(shè )的(🐀)影(🧟)片。剧本比(bǐ )(🕯)较拗口(kǒu )罗嗦，有(yǒu )较(💹)重的(de )文学味，影片被(bèi )认为是(shì )雷奈的杰(🌹)作，博加德(🤷)的(de )演出尤为精湛，但(💯)一般观(guān )众(🙎)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