影片描写一名美国商人奉公司之命来到满格兰海岸洽谈收购土地兴建石油工厂,当地的风土文物和居民的起居作息跟他这个城市人很不协调,让他觉得此行无聊透顶。不料公司总裁亲到小镇视察后改变主意,想在当开办一所天文学院。商人回到美国的寓所后,也忍不住回想起一望无际的满格兰海岸。
Maria Schell (Sophie) and Paul Scofield (Alexander) turn in magnificent performances as former patients of Freud who meet for the first time in Vienna in 1970. Sophie convinces a wary Alexander to meet after she sees him interviewed on TV about his experience with Freud. In their one-day encounter, in a reluctant Alexander's cluttered apartment, the two sit down to talk.
Sophie...