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.
3.5点。最後のイルカ雲のインパクトが良くて、目が潤った。うちの親もそうかな。自分の子に対する認識は空白だけど、心は何となく通じているんだ。
他们也太会整活了吧哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，一开始看着在《破碎的拥抱》里合作过的两位还有点跳戏，不过我真的有点想跟Penélope亲亲耶，大美女真的太会演了吧，而且这个吃藕的红发爆炸头她留得可真有魅力
还好有外国电影（嘘🤫）
所谓的人间惨剧就是第二天在报纸的犄角旮旯处登篇几百字的豆腐块。
三位演员都好棒，小潘已证明不用激情也可以吸引人，班德拉斯邪恶真好。给电影的情书，黑色的那种。
一部男人都是sb的女权电影。Penelope的脸非常紧致很年轻
大的故事设定下，电影展现的情感非常细微和个体化，每个人多少都有点自说自话，却好像不知道其实可以不强求和解而背负着生活。悲剧更多的还是个体面对外界压力而行为走形导致的。最终的“和解”也算可以理解。
一部话剧式电影，全片都靠台词来推进，剧情也挺幽默的
其实一直对这帮子学院派没什么太高期待，甚至刚开始看的时候觉得这布景这选角这味也太阿莫多瓦了，乃们西班牙是不是没别人了，但后边慢慢开始渐入佳境，台词很有趣，结尾也很喜欢，真的不错，年度十佳预定了
菲尼克斯在耍把戏，伊万也是，我猜到了。哈哈哈。有的笑点夸张，有的又比较冷，刚好配这两位男主。女主好钢啊！有钱去投资电影这主意不错…
十足的文艺片，艺术，戏剧，女权，戏中戏，讽刺，暗喻，财富，名誉，思想
当年的佐罗沉浸在演反派中，影片中演员们互飚演技很好看，虽然基本都是台词，但整体不觉枯燥，能看得进去，前面的铺垫为影片结尾的精彩准备的很充分，搅碎物品那段看着很治愈啊，影片几处收音也印象深刻
被家长权威蒙蔽双眼的父亲、长期压抑自己的女孩、机械教育的老师、唯唯诺诺的超市经营者，感情缺失的中年妇女……每个人都是向内坍塌，于是每件事都理不出头绪。这电影十分讽刺地将日本社会过度道歉却欠缺内省的一面刻画了出来。
感动人心，令人心碎而打动，这就是真正的日本电影。现在日本这样感人的好电影也不是很多的比例了
这三位老戏骨，演技杠杠的，不需要台词，满脸都是戏
7.5/10 台前幕后，戏梦人生。真真假假，尽付笑谈中。
对我个人来说，还是很喜欢的一部片子。这次金鸡看的电影中，唯一一部让我觉得或许会愿意花这个票价看的电影。不仅仅是因为最近自己也在思考新闻和社会的关系，也是因为情感的描述细腻的让人感同身受。
映画の話に戻ると、ストーリーはとても気に入りだけど、一本の映画としてはどうかなと思う。セリフによる説明が多く、映像の美しさはほとんど見受けられないので、映画じゃなくて小説にしたらいいじゃない？でもやっぱストーリーが良かったので、落ち着いて最後まで楽しむことができた。
7分。威尼斯主竞赛单元的参赛电影《主竞赛》。富豪想拍一部获奖电影，找来金棕榈女导演，买了诺贝尔文学奖小说的改编权，再加上一个实力派演员和一个获奖无数的明星，这样的组合，还不横扫主竞赛？电影展现的是正式开拍前的排练阶段，两个演员相互不待见，导演又有层出不穷的前卫想法，把演员们搞得晕头转向。终于所有戏都排练好，马上要正式开拍时，实力派演员出了意外，只能让超级明星一人分饰两角。黑色幽默式的讽刺，全片高潮在搅碎金棕榈、银狮奖等重量级奖杯那段。
# 78 Venezia # 背景补充（每天四部排片坚持到第四天就会出现一个精神低谷期，所以此时看到的影片评价都会体现出非常强的偏差性，恰巧这部片就赶上了这个低谷期），因此虽然这是一部高质量具有各种业内讽刺梗的佳片，我却完全没有get到，因此给了三星是最保守的评价，克鲁兹和班德拉斯其实都发挥的特别好，需要院线上映后二刷
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