介绍：花花公子阿兰（莫里斯·荣内特 Maurice Ronet 饰）在疗养院中进行了六个月的戒酒治疗疗养即将结束，但他并不能肯定自己是否痊愈。他通过看书、抽烟、写日记、把玩手枪、剪贴报纸上关于死亡的报道来平复内心的恐惧与忧伤。他和美国的妻子分居，同时又与妻子的朋友莉迪亚（莱娜·斯克尔拉 Léna Skerla 饰）纠缠在一起。莉迪亚要求阿兰与妻子摊牌，与她生活在一起，但阿兰拒绝了。回到疗养院，阿兰在医生的鼓励下决定试着重新融入社会，接触自己的朋友们。在巴黎，他开始拜访昔日的朋友，却发现今时的人们全都背叛了从前的社会观、政治观，变得矫揉造作，没有人能够理解他，甚至对他进行明嘲暗讽。阿兰心中刚刚燃起的积极信念彻底地被摧毁了，他无法掩饰对这个世界的厌恶，再次陷入绝望之中。阿兰最后一次把自己灌醉，醒来之后，收拾完房间和行李，接了一个电话，读完一本费兹罗杰的小说，他拿出手枪朝着自己的心脏开了一枪。　　本片获第28届威尼斯电影节评审团特别奖。

介绍：In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Alexei discovers that his employer is a compulsive gambler who has been almost ruined by his addiction. The only money the General has is provided by the Marquis de Grieux, an adventurer who intends to marry Zagorianski’s sister, Pauline. In doing so, de Grieux hopes to profit from the vast inheritance that will come the General’s way from his Aunt Antonina, who is presently very ill. Alexei is appalled by this society which lives only for money. He loves Pauline and wants to take her to a healthier place, but when she refuses to marry him, he begins to gamble at the casino…