影(🌠)片主角是一(yī )个78岁(suì )的英国著名作家,他身(shēn )患重病却仍(🤴)然酗酒成性,口(🥈)不择言。夜晚(wǎn )不时陷于噩(😧)梦的缠绕中,令他(tā )(❣)想(xiǎng )入非非,一边琢(⚫)磨(mó )着他(🔸)最后一部作品的(de )情节(jiē )构(gòu )(🙍)思(💆),一(yī )边回忆(🚉)着他的往事。于是,噩梦(mèng )、他(tā )的想象(xiàng )加上(🚑)往事的回忆相互(🤷)混淆在一起(🌙),共(gòng )同构成了(🌚)他(tā )作品的故事(🖲)框架。 (🌑)影(yǐng )片(piàn )将文学创作的过程(🔝)跟幻想、愤(fèn )怒(nù )等融(róng )为一体,制(💪)造(⛓)了一(yī )个精(🍄)致的弗(fú )洛伊德(dé )哑(yǎ )谜。这是(shì )雷奈的第(🏯)一部用(yòng )英语拍摄的影片(piàn )。剧本比较拗口(❕)罗(luó )嗦,有(🏉)较重(chóng )的(de )文(🛎)学味,影(🦇)片(piàn )被(🈸)认为是雷奈的杰(jié )作,博加德的演(🚶)出尤为精(💯)湛,但(🏒)一般(💿)观众(🐡)可能会觉得(😙)单(dān )(🤥)调(diào )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