影片主(zhǔ )角是一个(🐽)78岁(suì )的(de )英国著名作家，他身(🕸)患重病(🕰)却仍然(rán )(🍥)酗酒成(chéng )性(🎹)，口不择言。夜晚不时陷(xiàn )于噩梦的缠绕中，令(🎏)他想(🌗)入(rù )非非(fēi )，一边(biān )琢磨着他(tā )最(👑)后(🎩)一部作品(pǐn )的情节构思，一边回忆(yì )着(🏐)他(tā )的往事。于(yú )是(🎫)，噩梦、他的想(😻)象加上往事的回忆(yì )(😱)相互(hù )混(🔊)淆在一起，共同构成了他(📯)作品的(⏯)故(😞)事框架。　　(🌑)影(yǐng )片将文学创作(🗞)的过(guò )程(chéng )跟幻(huàn )想(🏂)、愤怒等融为一体(🙀)，制(💪)造了一(yī )个精致的弗(fú )洛(luò )伊(yī )德哑(🚻)谜。这是(😍)雷奈的第(🏯)一(yī )(🤳)部用英语拍(pāi )摄(shè )(🚴)的影(yǐng )片。剧(jù )本比(🗳)较(🤘)拗(niù )口(❕)罗嗦，有(yǒu )较重的文学(xué )味，影片(piàn )被(bèi )认为是雷奈的杰作，博加德的演出尤为精(jīng )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