影(🈯)片(🕕)主角是一(yī )个78岁的英国著(zhe )名作(🍩)家，他(tā )(🃏)身患重病却仍然(🕰)酗酒成(chéng )性，口不择言。夜晚不时陷于噩梦的(de )缠绕中，令(lìng )他想入(🎏)非非(fēi )，一边(biān )琢(zhuó )磨(🚤)着他最(zuì )后一部作品的情节构(gòu )(🕖)思(sī )，一(🙍)边(biān )回忆着他的往事。于是，噩梦(mèng )、他(🗑)的想(xiǎng )象(xiàng )加上往事的回(🐶)忆相(xiàng )互混淆在一(yī )起(💞)，共同构成了他(tā )作品的故(🚨)事框架。　　影(💱)片将文学创(chuàng )作(zuò )的(de )过程(chéng )跟幻想、(✋)愤怒等(🙌)融为一(yī )体，制(👓)造了(🙉)一个(⛓)精(jīng )(🎾)致的弗洛伊德哑谜(🧤)。这(zhè )是(shì )(🤲)雷奈的第(💠)一(👺)部用英语(🎋)拍(pāi )摄的影(yǐng )(🧟)片。剧本比较拗口罗嗦，有较重的文学(🍑)味，影片(🚗)被(bèi )认为是(🈸)雷(léi )奈的杰作(zuò )，博加德的演出尤(🌼)为(🚶)精(jīng )湛，但(💯)一般观(guān )众可能会觉得(🤔)单调乏(fá )味(wèi )。　　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