影片主角是一个78岁的英(yīng )(🐌)国著名作家，他身患(huàn )(🛍)重病(bìng )却仍(réng )然酗(xù )(🎺)酒成(chéng )性(xìng )，口不(🐉)择言。夜(🔬)晚(🏴)不时陷于噩梦的缠(🌫)绕中(⏬)，令他(❣)想入非非，一边琢磨着(🕔)他最后(hòu )一部作品的情节构思(sī )，一边回忆着他(tā )的往(wǎng )事(shì )(🛺)。于是，噩梦、他的想象加上(🚑)往事的回忆(yì )相互混(hún )淆在(zài )一(yī )起，共(gòng )(🧚)同构成(chéng )了(le )他作(🚨)品(🛑)的(de )故事框架。　(🦗)　影片将文学创作(zuò )(🗞)的过(guò )程跟(gēn )(✋)幻想、愤怒等融为一(👓)体，制造了(le )一(yī )个(🈴)精致的(🥫)弗洛伊德哑谜。这(zhè )(⛳)是雷奈的第一(yī )部(🎋)用英语拍摄的(🧣)影片(⚾)。剧本比较拗(niù )口(kǒu )罗嗦，有(yǒu )较重(🍑)的文(🛎)学味，影片(😊)被(🈸)认为(wéi )是雷奈的(de )杰作，博加(jiā )德(dé )的演出尤(yóu )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