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,口不择言。夜晚不时陷于噩梦的缠绕中,令他想入非非,一边琢磨着他最后一部作品的情节构思,一边回忆着他的往事。于是,噩梦、他的想象加上往事的回忆相互混淆在一起,共同构成了他作品的故事框架。 影片将文学创作的过程跟幻想、愤怒等融为一体,制造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。剧本比较拗口罗嗦,有较重的文学味,影片被认为是雷奈的杰作,博加德的演出尤为精湛,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 thing
Cemal, a lonely hearse driver, has to transport the body of a young woman who has been murdered to her parents' home. During the trip, however, the body comes to life and when he sees her, Cemal falls in love with the undead woman. This is when he begins to commit murders in order to feed her, even if it means having to deal with the police's attempts to capture a serial killer...
“AD. POLICE”系列的第二部OVA动画,分为三部分。
《FAINT VOICE》:故事发生在2034年,人类与亚人类“布马”共同生活在东京。为了取缔犯罪的布马,“AD. POLICE”内部特设了一个名为“BRANCH”的特务组织。在搜查暴走布马的住所时,BRANCH的搜查官“巴兹·库别斯”和他的亚人类搭档“金宝”发现了大量的可疑药物。这些神秘药物与布马的暴走有没有关联呢?
《DREAMER》:BRANCH的女性搜查官“麦克儿森”在调查女布马的连续破坏事件时,和超高级的布马娼妓“夏娃”相遇了。为了将自己在梦中一直看到红衣红帽的小女孩的影像传递给别人,夏娃像往常一样赶去见她的老客户们。谁想出现在她面前的正是那个红色的女孩……
《KNIGHTS OF A ROUNDTABLE》:BRANCH的部长“高桥”突然失踪了,但在此之前,他好象与某个政治巨头...