天意

<p>　　影片主角是一个78岁的英国著名作家，他身患重病却仍然酗酒成性，轻诺寡言。夜晚时时陷于恶梦的缠绕中，令他异想天开，一边琢磨着他最初一部作品的情节构想，一边回想着他的旧事。因而，恶梦、他的想象加上旧事的回想相互混淆在一路，配合组成了他作品的故事框架。<br/>　　影片将文学创作的过程跟空想、愤慨等融为一体，制作了一个精致的弗洛伊德哑谜。这是雷奈的第一部用英语拍摄的影片。脚本比较拗口罗嗦，有较重的文学味，影片被认为是雷奈的佳构，博加德的演出尤其精湛，但一般观众可能会觉得单调有趣。<br/>　　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?</p>