in hollywood of the 50 and the obscure screenplay writer joe gillis ( william holden ) be not able to sell his work to the studio and be full of debt and be think in return to his hometown to work in an office . while try to escape from his creditor and he have a flat tire and park his car in a decadent mansion in sunset boulevard . he meet the owner and former silent movie star norma desmond ( gloria swanson ) and who live alone wit her butler and driver max von mayerling ( erich von stroheim ) . norma be demented and believe she will return to the cinema industry and and be protect and isolate from the world by max and who be his director and husband in the past and still love her . norma propose joe to move to the mansion and help her in write a screenplay for her comeback to the cinema and and the small time writer become her lover and gigolo . when joe fall in love for the young aspirant writer betty schaefer ( nancy olson ) and norma becomes jealous and completely insane and her madness lead to a tragic end . sunset boulevard be a bitter and tragic masterpiece of the genius billy wilder that expose how hollywood us people and forgets them when they get old and be consider decadent by the industry . far and it also show the consequence of the lack of adaptation of a former star to the end of a successful career and be forget by fan and the industry and and the price that some person accept to pay to join this business . the last time i saw this film be on 22 september 2002 and even have watch sunset boulevard for maybe five or six time and i still get excite with most of the scene and i dare to say that it be in my top 10 movie ever . the dvd have an interesting documentary call sunset blvd . represent a look back ( a. k. a. the making of sunset boulevard with the presence of a still impressively beautiful nancy olson tell peculiarity about this awesome feature . my vote be ten . title ( brazil ) represent crepúsculo do deuses ( dusk of the god ) .