Joseph Fulton, a well-regarded fifty-eight-year-old director of romantic comedies, wants to become assistant groundskeeper at a local cemetery. He wants to work outdoors and be close to nature. Meanwhile, he thinks it’s important to have his last will and testament drawn up. But his highly dramatic actress girlfriend thinks he must be dying and that he is just too brave to tell anyone. The rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows—and some he doesn’t—are crowded into his small apartment to say their last farewells.
哈勒尔（马克斯·冯·叙多夫 Max von Sydow 饰）是一名作家，愤世嫉俗的他非常看不惯当代社会的很多生活习惯，无法融入社会的他常常把自己锁在家中闭门不出，在孤独和黑暗里，哈勒尔的精神来到了崩溃的边缘。一天，在机缘巧合之下，哈勒尔读了一本名叫《评荒原狼》的书，书中所写的内容令他醍醐灌顶，他觉得这本书简直就是为了他量身定制的。
一次偶然中，哈勒尔解释了酒吧女郎赫尔米娜，在她的介绍之下，又认识了音乐人帕布洛和女孩玛利亚（多米妮克·桑达 Dominique Sanda 饰）。当哈勒尔发现赫尔米娜和帕布洛有一腿后，嫉妒的趋势之下，失去理智的哈勒尔杀死了赫尔米娜。
A poor girl who was married to a wealthy nobleman. In contrast to her expectation of the wealthy, the girl soon discovers the demonic truth of the family, the secret to their wealth.
Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends and past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract.
