影片主角是一个78岁的(🍩)英国著(🃏)名作家,他身患重病(🤴)却仍(🎺)然(rán )酗酒成性(xìng ),口(🛤)不(🌰)择(zé )言(🔬)。夜晚不时陷于噩梦的缠(chán )绕(rào )中(zhōng ),令他想入非非(fēi ),一边(biān )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(shì ),噩梦、他的(de )想象(xiàng )加上往事(shì )的回忆(🤷)相互混淆在(zài )一起,共同(tóng )(🥁)构成了他作(zuò )品(😞)的故(🔢)事框架(🦗)。
影(🙂)片将文(wén )学创(chuàng )作的(🤠)过程跟(🙄)幻(huàn )想、愤怒等融为一(yī )体,制造(zào )了(👃)一个精致(🤲)的弗(⛳)洛伊德哑谜。这是雷奈的(🧟)第(dì )一(yī )部(🤖)用英语拍摄的影片(❕)。剧本(běn )比较(jiào )拗(niù )口(👊)罗嗦(💍),有较(jiào )重的(de )文学味,影片(piàn )被认为是雷奈的杰作,博加德的(🔈)演(yǎn )出尤为精湛,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?