影(yǐng )片主角是一个(gè )78岁的英国著名(míng )(🐌)作(🍩)家，他身患重病却仍然酗(xù )酒成性(xìng )(🎺)，口不择言。夜晚不时陷于噩梦(🥩)的(de )缠绕(rào )中，令(lìng )他(⏬)想(🎲)入非非，一边琢磨着他(⚫)最后一部作(zuò )品(pǐn )的情节(🎡)构(gòu )思，一边回(✳)忆着(🥄)他的往(wǎng )事(shì )。于是(shì )，噩梦、他的(😚)想象(xiàng )加上(😻)往事的(🚑)回忆相互混(😱)淆(🐖)在一起(qǐ )，共同(tóng )构成了他(tā )作品的故事框(kuàng )架。　　影(💱)片(piàn )将文学创(㊗)作的过(💻)程跟幻想、愤(fèn )怒等融为一体，制(zhì )造了一个精致的弗洛伊德(🤷)哑谜。这是雷奈的第一部(bù )(⛳)用英(🤳)语(yǔ )(🎋)拍(pāi )摄的(de )影片。剧(🤖)本比(bǐ )较拗口(🗳)罗嗦，有较重(💔)的(🏉)文学味，影片被认为是雷(léi )奈的杰(🌹)作，博(👪)加德的演出尤(🌼)为(🚶)精湛，但一般观(🏒)众可(kě )能(néng )(🎥)会(huì )觉(jiào )得(🤔)单调乏味(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