影片(👷)主角是(⛲)一个78岁(suì )的英国(guó )(🍩)著(🔼)名作家，他身(🕸)患重病(bìng )却仍(réng )然酗(xù )酒成(chéng )性(🎹)，口(kǒu )不择言。夜晚不(bú )时陷于噩梦(mèng )的缠(chán )绕(rào )中，令他想入非非(fēi )，一边(🖲)琢磨着他最后一部作品的情节构思(💆)，一(🔲)边回忆着(zhe )他的往(🕌)事。于是，噩梦(😚)、他(✖)的想象加上往(🐶)事(shì )的回忆相(🐖)互混(hún )(🔊)淆在一起，共同构成了(le )(🌚)他(tā )作品的故事框(🔢)架。　　影片(🌊)将文学(🥔)创(chuàng )作(🗞)的过程(chéng )跟幻想(🏂)、愤怒等(děng )融(🙄)为(wéi )(㊙)一体(tǐ )，制造了一个(🈴)精致的弗洛伊(yī )德哑谜。这是雷奈的第(🏯)一部用(🥕)英(yīng )语拍摄的影片(⚾)。剧(🌮)本(👣)比(bǐ )较(jiào )拗口罗(luó )嗦，有较重(🍑)的文学味，影片被认为是雷奈的杰作，博加德的演出尤(📟)为(wéi )精湛(😝)，但一般观众可(kě )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