介绍：建筑师John Baxter（唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰）与其妻子Laura（朱莉·克里斯蒂 Julie Christie 饰）育有一男一女有一天，女儿莫名其妙地溺水身亡。Laura沉浸在悲痛中。John因为工作原因，带着Laura来到威尼斯，进行一个教堂的修缮工作。在那里，Laura认识了两个老妇人，里面有一个盲人，据说能通灵，能看见Baxter夫妇的女儿。Laura晕了过去，醒来之后却摆脱了女儿死亡的阴影。通灵的老妇人告诉Laura，如果John继续留在威尼斯的话，会有危险。Laura劝John赶紧离开，John却不相信所谓通灵，继续留在威尼斯进行工作。果不其然，John在工作中发生了意外，而他们在英国读书的儿子病倒了。Laura急忙搭飞机回国，而John却在威尼斯发现Laura跟那两个老妇人在一起。发生在威尼斯的这个故事变得越来越扑朔迷离......本片在Time Out 2011“史上最佳100部英国电影”中排名第一。

介绍：An unhappily married man, who doesn't know how to break up with his wife, asks a womanizing Casanova to seduce her so that she'll leave him instead. But as he witnesses how his wife gets closer to the Casanova, he begins to change the way he sees her and, soon, realizes that he's made the worst mistake any husband can make.