Guido Carani, an engineer of noble descent, has just lost his son born to him by a chorus dancer, who, desperate, has become a nun. After a while he also loses his wife and daughter in a car acciden...

　　彼得·格林纳威1987年作品，英国学院奖最佳编剧、最佳美术指导提名；戛纳参赛片。导演是画家出身，其作品的影像风格自然都是别具一格的色彩斑斓　　美国建筑师Stourley Kracklite和他已经怀孕的年轻妻子Louisa来到罗马组织一个纪念18世纪富于幻想力的法国建筑 师Etienne-Louis Boullée的展览。然而Kracklite却被腹疾所折磨，Louisa则与身为展览赞助者的潇...