影片主角是一个(gè )78岁(suì )的(🥇)英国著名(🐌)作(🍩)家，他身患重病却仍(réng )然(🕰)酗酒成性，口不(🎹)择言(🥈)。夜晚不时陷(xiàn )于(🗼)噩梦的(de )(💤)缠绕中，令(👋)他想入非非(fēi )，一边琢磨着他(tā )最后一部作品(pǐn )的(de )情(qíng )节(jiē )构思，一边回忆着他的往事。于(🕌)是，噩梦、他的想象加(jiā )上往事的回忆(yì )相(xiàng )互混(😱)淆在一起(qǐ )，共(gòng )同构成了他作品的(📯)故事框架。　　影(yǐng )(💱)片将文学创作(zuò )的过程(chéng )跟(gēn )幻(huàn )想(🔝)、(✋)愤怒等融为(wéi )一(yī )体，制造了(le )一个精致的弗洛伊(🥫)德哑(👃)谜。这(🚻)是雷(léi )奈的第一(yī )部用英语拍摄(shè )的影片(🚴)。剧(jù )本比(🕯)较拗口罗(🤘)嗦(suō )，有较(jiào )重的文学味(👊)，影(💍)片(🚗)被认为是雷奈的杰作，博(bó )加(🥋)德的演(yǎn )出(chū )(💅)尤为精湛，但一般(🔈)观(🏒)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