影片主角是一(✒)个78岁的英国著名作家，他身患(🛍)重病(🕰)却仍然(rán )酗(🎺)酒成(🎗)性(🎹)，口不(bú )择(zé )言(yán )。夜晚不时(🐮)陷(🥩)于噩梦的缠(chán )(🌫)绕中，令他想(xiǎng )入(rù )非非，一(yī )边琢磨着他最后一部(🗄)作品(🎡)的(🕖)情(🕯)节构(gòu )思，一边(🥄)回忆着(zhe )他的往事。于是，噩梦、他的想(xiǎng )象加(🖍)上往事的回忆相互混淆在(zài )一起，共(🧚)同构成了(le )他作(zuò )品(pǐn )的(⏯)故事(🖲)框(🔢)架(❔)。 (🦗) 影片将文学创(💻)作(zuò )的过程(chéng )跟(gēn )幻想、愤怒等融为一(yī )体，制造了一(yī )(⏰)个精致的弗洛伊德哑谜(🤲)。这是雷(💠)奈(nài )的第一部(bù )用英语(yǔ )拍(🧟)摄的(de )影片。剧本比较(jiào )拗口(❕)罗(💝)嗦(💹)，有(yǒu )较重的文学(xué )味，影片(piàn )被认为是雷奈的杰作(zuò )，博加德的(🌼)演(yǎn )出(💹)尤(📟)为精湛(zhàn )，但一般观众可能会觉得(😙)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
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