影片主角(jiǎo )(🌠)是一个78岁(🐽)的英国著(🏽)名作家，他身(🕋)患重病却仍(🔱)然酗酒(🤴)成性，口不择(zé )言。夜晚不(bú )时陷(🏴)于噩(è )梦的(💤)缠绕(rào )中，令他想(xiǎng )入非非，一边琢(😎)磨着他(⚫)最后一部(bù )作(🎩)品的情节(🎡)构(gòu )思(sī )，一边回忆着他(tā )的往事。于(🕌)是，噩梦(🎫)、他(tā )的想(xiǎng )象加(jiā )(🙁)上(shàng )往事(shì )的(de )回(🐶)忆(yì )相(🕕)互(🤯)混淆在(🤷)一起，共同构(📎)成了(le )(🚣)他(tā )作品的(de )故(gù )事框架。　　影片将文学创作的过(💻)程跟幻想、愤怒等融为(🤸)一(yī )体，制造了一个(gè )精致的弗洛伊德哑谜。这是(🤲)雷奈的第一部(bù )用英语拍摄的影片。剧本比较(jiào )(🌮)拗口罗嗦，有较(jiào )(💹)重的(🏉)文学味，影片(piàn )被认为是雷奈的杰(jié )作，博加德的演(yǎn )(🌪)出(chū )(💅)尤为精(jīng )湛(zhàn )，但(dàn )一般(🔈)观(🏒)众(zhòng )可能会(huì )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