电影描写托马斯与美国诗人约翰·马尔科姆·布林宁(John Malcolm Brinnin，1916-1998)的交往。后者亦曾与杜鲁门·卡波特、田纳西·威廉斯等人交友，1955年出版了《狄兰·托马斯在美国》(Dylan Thomas in America)一书，记录他请托马斯访美、陪他巡游的过程，沿途深为大诗人不停歇的醉酒和各种反常行为所苦。 这是关于英国诗人迪伦·托马斯（Dylan Thomas）的半自传电影，今年也正是这位诗人的一百周年诞辰。迪伦·托马斯的诗作受到现代主义的诗歌和浪漫主义传统的双重影响，技巧娴熟，关注读者的情感诉求，具有强烈的抒情性。美国摇滚巨星鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）本名叫做“Robert Allen Zimmerman”，因为他由衷崇拜迪伦·托马斯，所以把自己的姓改为了迪伦。

　伦敦的一位有抱负的年轻作家Jeremy追随遭受作者心理阻滞疾病困扰的文学泰斗Parish的足迹，来到他在意大利托斯卡纳田园般的避难处，并从这个暴躁的天才和他的女儿Isabella处认知到什么是生活和爱情。

The Woman in Black is a 1987 stage play, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt. The play is based on the book of the same name, which was written in 1983 by Susan Hill. It is notable for only having two actors perform the whole play. It was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, in 1987. The production opened in London's West End in 1989 and is still being performed there, becoming the second longest-running non-musical play in the history of the West End, after The Mousetrap

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.