影片主(⛲)角(jiǎo )是一(yī )个(gè )78岁(suì )的英国著名(míng )作(😘)家,他身患(🕰)重病却仍然酗酒成性(xìng )(🥈),口(🛤)不择言(yán )。夜晚(🐮)不时陷于噩梦(mèng )的(👋)缠绕中,令他(🏇)想(♑)入(📼)非非(fēi ),一边琢磨着他最后一(yī )部(bù )作品(pǐn )(🕯)的情(qíng )节构思,一边回忆(🚥)着(zhe )他的往事(🎿)。于是(🗑),噩(è )梦、他的(🚸)想象(🚑)加上往事的(😱)回忆(yì )相互混淆在(🌙)一起,共同构(gòu )成(chéng )了他作品的故事框架。
影(🙂)片将(jiāng )(🔝)文(wén )学(xué )创作(zuò )的(de )(🤠)过程跟(🙄)幻想、愤怒等融为一体,制造了(le )一(🧤)个精致(🤲)的弗洛伊德哑谜。这是(🥕)雷奈的(de )第一(🧣)部用英语(yǔ )拍摄的影片(piàn )。剧(jù )(💹)本比较拗口罗嗦,有较重的(🈸)文学味,影片被(👪)认为是雷奈的杰作,博加德的演出(chū )尤为精湛(🈺),但一般(😙)观众可能(🔤)会觉得(dé )单调乏(fá )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?