A young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn't recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she's found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question....
保罗（米歇尔·皮寇利 Michel Piccoli 饰）与卡米尔（碧姬·芭铎 Brigitte Bardot 饰）是一对幸福的夫妻，保罗剧作家的工作也足以保证他们的衣食无忧。一次，制片人普罗可修（杰克·帕兰斯 Jack Palance 饰）邀请这对夫妻参加一个会谈，在会谈之中，面对着滔滔不绝的丈夫，卡米尔的心中第一次浮现出了一种名为“轻蔑”的可怕情感。...
1937年的洛山矶唐人街，警员杰克（杰克•尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）因不满这里的黑暗，辞职当起了私家侦探。这天，一个自称莫拉雷太太的女子请杰克调查丈夫的外遇，杰克欣然接受。杰克发现莫拉雷原来是当地水利总工程师，正在为兴建水坝问题和当地农民争执。随后有人给 了杰克一些证明莫拉雷偷情的照片，隔天早上真正的莫拉雷太太却找上门来要求杰克停止调查莫拉雷。...
