剧情描述年轻矿工保罗个性文静而敏感，顶级其母葛楚因与时常酗酒的丈夫感情不睦，顶级竟转向儿子寻求爱的寄托，情感超过了正常的母爱。这种情形影响了保罗跟女朋友米莉安的交往，米莉安因家庭严格的宗教观念影响，使她只想追求精神恋爱而排斥肉体的热情。保罗为了摆脱母亲的控制与女友的感情打击，竟一头投入与夫分居的女工克莱拉的怀抱，但旋即发现两人在精神上缺乏沟通。最后，保罗抛弃了这座单调乏味的煤矿小镇，到异乡另闯天下根据D．H劳伦斯自传体原著小说改编的英国文艺片，由杰出摄影师出身的杰克·卡迪夫执导，曾获奥斯卡最佳摄影奖。本片对保罗的复杂心理状态刻划得相当细腻，迪安·斯托克韦尔、特雷弗·霍华德和温迪·希勒这一家三口也演得出色。
回复 :WRITERS RETREAT is a horror film written by Jeremy Sheldon C.M. Taylor set on fictional Kilton Island where strangers come together to develop their writing. Mark Twain famously said Write what you know. But how far would you go to find material for the ultimate bestseller At a writer's retreat on an isolated island, novelist Zandra finds herself amongst a group of strangers confronting their darkest secrets as they write. When a member of the party mysteriously disappears, Zandra fears there is a more sinister presence trapped on the island with them. WRITERS RETREAT is filmed in a classic British Hammer Horror style using the strange features of its location to create a hauntingly terrifying film with atmosphere and menace. The script delves deep into human emotions and honesty, causing the characters to ask questions about themselves that they didn't know they had and question the audience as to whether things are quite what they seem.
回复 :「一千零一夜」最终曲《一千零一夜III：迷醉之人》，皇后雪哈拉莎德再次现身，因担心失去说故事的能力，计画逃离皇宫，并述说最后的故事。米格尔戈麦斯改以文字说明故事背景，将影像赋予诗意，令此片富有文学性与民族色彩，并透过纪录片式的观察，呈现荒谬之中的凄凉写实，为当代葡萄牙留下了不可言喻的浮世意象。
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回复 :两宗凶杀案的死者皆如电影情节般被杀，凶手可能是个疯狂电影迷，女探员芬向上司Chow要求找心理学家谢博士协助破案。谢是失明人士，在调查过程中指出芬有不愉快的童年，以至现在有暴力倾向；芬亦不甘被看穿心态，反指谢独困家中，与外界隔绝，是没有自信的表现，二人不欢而散。芬将调查范围收窄于导演Tommy、制片华姐、编剧当当、女演员刘晴和影迷初仔身上后刘晴被杀，在影迷初仔家中发现大量刘晴的照片，初仔拒捕逃走，反抗时死在Chow枪下。谢在物证中嗅出了Chow常服用之镇定剂味道，遂设计引Chow说出真相。原来Chow之女友三年前希望当上Tommy新片之女主角，但Tommy有不轨企图，并与华姐和当当等人合计要她服下摇头丸，岂料药力过量而死，后刘晴当上该片之女主角。Chow精神大受困扰而需服食镇定剂，决意向众人报服，并嫁祸于初仔。Chow要向谢下毒手灭口，危急之际芬赶到将Chow杀死。一切看似完结，芬与谢亦已和好，怎料谢却发现芬一些疑点，真正凶手可能就是芬……