影片主角是一个78岁的英国著名做家，他身患宿徐却依然酗酒成性，心没有择止。夜早一直陷于噩梦的环绕纠缠中，令他异念天开，一边琢磨着他最后一部做品的情节构想，一边追念着他的往事。果而，噩梦、他的设念减上往事的追念相互殽杂正在一同，配合组成了他做品的故事框架。 影片将文教创做的历程跟幻念、愤喜等融为一体，做作了一个细腻的弗洛伊德哑谜。那是雷奈的第一部用英语拍摄的影片。剧本对照拗心罗嗦，有较重的文教味，影片被以为是雷奈的杰做，专减德的演出稀奇细湛，但正常没有雅观众能够会以为枯燥有趣。 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
简介：影片主角是一个78岁的英国著名做家，他身患宿徐却依然酗酒成性，心没有择止。夜早一直陷于噩梦的环绕纠缠中，令他异念天开，一边琢磨着他最后一部做品的情节构想，一边追念着他的往事。果而，噩梦、他的设念减上往事的追念相互殽杂正在一同，配合组成了他做品的故事框架。 影片将文教创做的历程跟幻念、愤喜等融为一体，做作了一个细腻的弗洛伊德哑谜。那是雷奈的第一部用英语拍摄的影片。剧本对照拗心罗嗦，有较重的文教味，影片被以为是雷奈的杰做，专减德的演出稀奇细湛，但正常没有雅观众能够会以为枯燥有趣。 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
