影(🌠)片主角是一个(gè )78岁(📒)的英(yīng )国著名作(zuò )家(🕋),他身患重(chóng )病却仍(🤴)然酗(xù )(🎺)酒成性,口不择言(🌰)。夜晚不(🗼)时陷于噩梦的缠绕(👋)中,令他(❣)想入非非,一边琢磨(mó )着他(🔸)最(zuì )后一部作品的情节构(gòu )思,一(yī )边回忆着他的往事。于(yú )是,噩梦、他的想(😻)象加上往(🐶)事的回(huí )忆相互混(hún )淆在一起(qǐ ),共(🧚)同(tóng )构成了他(📯)作(zuò )(🚨)品的故事(shì )框架。 影片(piàn )将文学(xué )(🥔)创作的过程跟(gēn )幻想(xiǎng )、(🙌)愤(🤠)怒(nù )等融(róng )为一体,制(zhì )(💪)造了一个精致的(de )弗洛伊德哑谜(mí )。这是(😍)雷(💠)奈的(de )第一部用英(yīng )语拍摄的(de )影(🤖)片(piàn )(⚾)。剧本比较(🤘)拗口(❕)罗(luó )嗦,有较(jiào )重的文(🛎)学味(🚗),影片(piàn )被认为是雷奈的杰作,博(🃏)加德(💅)的演出(💹)尤为(🐩)精湛,但一般观(🎥)众可能会觉(jiào )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