影(🈯)片(piàn )主角是一(yī )(🔨)个78岁(suì )(🐽)的英(yīng )国著(🏽)名作家(🔼)，他身患重病却(què )仍(réng )然酗酒成性，口不(bú )择言(🥈)。夜晚(🌰)不(🍖)时陷(xiàn )于噩(è )(🐮)梦(mèng )(🥩)的(💤)缠绕中，令(👋)他(⏬)想入非(fēi )非(fēi )(🌗)，一边琢磨着他最(🐿)后一部作品的情节构思，一(🙍)边回(huí )忆着他的(🚉)往事。于是(shì )，噩梦、他的想象(✖)加上往事(shì )的回(🐶)忆相(xiàng )互混(😱)淆在(zài )一(yī )起(qǐ )，共同构成了他作品的故事框架。　(🔢)　影片将文(wén )学创(㊗)作(zuò )的过程跟幻想(xiǎng )、(✋)愤怒等融为一(yī )体，制造了一个精致(⏰)的(🈴)弗洛(luò )伊(🥫)德哑谜。这是雷奈的第一部用(yòng )英语(yǔ )拍摄的影片。剧本比较拗(👣)口罗嗦，有较(💹)重(💔)的文学味，影片(piàn )被(🐾)认为(wéi )是(🈸)雷(➡)奈(nài )的(de )杰作，博加德的演(🌪)出尤为精湛，但一般观(guān )众可能会觉(jiào )得单调乏(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