Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
不流畅，年轻一批表演都生硬，破坏了一些其实蛮好的场景。以及，放过超现实吧…
#4rdPYIFF#想起我爷爷的粉蒸肉，也是太熟悉了，身边每个人都挺真实的。
看了几分钟画质从高清变到超清了，画面特效很赞，但是剧情太平淡了，对不起这么棒的画面。以科幻为背景，但是科幻功底只是皮毛不够深厚。
特别好和特别不好的地方都很突出，所以观影中时而入戏很深，时而又突然抽离…关于生活的种种现实问题展现得很真实，却没有刻意放大，点到即止。女儿感情戏有的部分略尬，但父母的几场戏太受触动了，已经到了需要认真思考这个问题的年纪了啊…
HIIFF#4 这次体验最深刻的一场了 回去再写写感受 刘泽导演加油！
剧情老套 叠了一堆buff就做出这种东西 失望
很感人的电影，感觉最后的结尾停留在那个女主在幻境中的转身会更好。
艺术可以搞，但是没必要。这也不是艺术啊。一个“女性视角”的片子，毫无女性视角的视听/叙事。
人生最难之事不过就是：活得自在和走得安详。
夏天对镜头么独白
只能说片中关于阿兹海默症只是蜻蜓点水。
WIT Studio可以改名TWAT Studio了，从国王排名开始搞的都是什么鸡掰。爱的战士这是写了剧本结果找不到然后随手拿了1989迪士尼小美人鱼的剧本交上去的吧。哪怕把钱花在credits里轮播的二三次元ppt都要好过什么鸡掰跑酷啊，另外广濑爱丽丝是真的吵。
你将看到且不止看到：科学忍具，送葬者undertaker，细田守的belle，以及最感人的立体机动跑酷，wit你果然还是忘不了它，我磕到了！
真的有种浪费画面和配乐的感觉😡😡
老虚，你果然是慕残吧（回去做游戏好吗求求你
就是因为导演太懂电影了
音乐作画都很赞。这次老虚拿了安徒生的剧本写了个换皮版的《海的女儿》。单论剧情都比不过迪士尼，都什么年代了还整这种傻白甜的女主。
画面很美，果然还是有刀…可不可以游戏化，在东京废墟上跑酷的感觉一定很好吧
6 典型青年导演作品（关注特殊群体+魔幻现实风格）但比《乌海》好看太多了 至少不做作 很真诚 问题是太啰嗦 塞进的东西太多了
呈现出的太多，讲明白的太少。镜头中的出现的一些元素其实是不符合时间逻辑的，而几处故事的推进和台词的表达让我觉得非常艰涩。对死亡的恐惧、对故乡的复杂思绪、以及对肉身的侍奉拼凑出了往古来今无数人头脑中挥之不去的畏葸和渴慕。又想到了莱蒙托夫的那句诗，“它想寻找什么，在这遥远的异地？它又抛下了什么，在那亲爱的故乡。”(4.5/10.0)
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