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.
故事是fantasy 一边叹太过童话了 一边又唏嘘 可能生活里没有的童话确实需要一些假象来弥补
本来打算拿它跨年的，结果看着看着睡着了……以及，2021年给我最大的感受是：当人类去反对某件事物时，大部分情况下并不是因为这件事物本身有什么不好的地方，而是因为它侵犯到了这群人的个人利益，或者说，他们以为它侵犯到了。当然，也可能有一部分人压根儿就不在乎被侵犯的利益是啥，只是因为大家都在反对于是就加入了进来，毕竟，一切群居的生物都是从众的。
好吧，我承认现实中肯定没有这样的爱情。但是我还是好感动呀。都看哭了。这是一种救赎的爱吧。一种补偿。我很不理解的是，为什么后面他们有孩子了？
心里预期7分出头，不到8分，镜头语言很有深意，画面也很美，好几个画面都想截图下来画速写，但是剧情略略有点薄弱
还行，很多事都感觉挺遥远，不像2021发生的事。
不喜欢这样故事的内核：真实生活中真的会有人来拯救你吗，扪心自问。披着外皮的玛丽苏小说罢了。除了毒害女孩从小到大的思想没有别的好处。
女主也太惨了吧 正如最后男主所说：正是苦难带我们来到此刻。景美，服装美，音乐也好听。还是很治愈的。
先说观后感吧..片长两个多小时，整体感觉很唯美，把爱情里的宽容和真正爱一个人就是为对方义无反顾体现的淋漓尽致.可以说是超脱了世俗大多数的爱情，但看完以后会觉得人间也会有这样的爱同样也会有这样的痛吧.包含了很多因素，背弃背叛伤害信任重拾信仰以及兼爱他人..女主可能身体脏了，灵魂也是破碎的，但在最后都圆满了，我不懂评分为什么可以这么低，至少可以打四星半，另外的半颗星给我自己对这部片子的喜爱吧，好久没看到这么出色的爱情片了.
连着一口气看了2020和2021，的确2021的一大总结就是人类基本没有从2020的经验中吸取什么教训
经典台词“是痛苦让我们走到此刻”。电影插曲，主题曲、片尾曲非常棒！
实在对短剧喜欢不起来，大多数就是靠一个设定做戏，一味地追求快节奏，爽感，喜感，人物就像漫画里走出来的，单薄，片面，刻意·····…实在不知道那些观众都喜欢它什么，因为自己工作太忙方便随便看两眼吗。
爱情的部分有点过，但是女主自由救赎的过程还是有感动的部分。
看了5分钟过来评论。镜头表现很天才，诚意十足。很久没看到这么好的天赋型的作品了。
这男主有点像《平凡岁月的魅力》的男主，温柔善良又为女主无私奉献。洗脚那段不错，一公里比二十公里难走。女主三次出走，还好最后还是回来了。
有时我也觉得自己很脏，希望有人也会像男主一样包容我 爱我
还好吧，3.5的样子，去看Eric Dane来着，又没演好人
不理解为什么这么低分，相信这个世界上会有纯粹的爱
普遍的质疑点在于男主过于完美，女主不孕的坑没填好。
这种正直帅气、勇敢善良、钟情专一的男主可能永远只会存在电影里吧。那么是什么让我坚持看完了这部电影呢？主角的颜值！果然好看的人只要演技不是太差，总会让人有看下去的欲望。
没想到竟然成了后疫情时代的一个延续性节目了，世界只是在变得更糟糕和魔幻罢了，总结下、戏谑下，用演员来完成脱口秀式的槽点挺有趣的。对立可能是世界过去一年的主要标签，而无例外我们的周遭依然平稳且不会有人来总结这一年发送多少魔幻的事情，fake “peace and love ”。
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