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.
饭桌上争执的那一幕真的是吵得我头要炸掉那么凶。
乱了套了，关系设置很刻意，一直在怎么这样了和这样也行吧里跳跃
你的迷茫，我的迷茫，好像也都差不多。那种一年一年过去，而生活并没有什么不同的感觉，的确是令人心碎的。
有几处片段还是把我笑倒了，多好的电影啊，越到后面越喜欢。
前后怎么会这么割裂啊…喜欢的两个点，不准太阳升起却向着黎明奔跑，因为有人受伤才察觉寡淡。
这也不叫中年危机吧，只能说人在任何时期都有可能陷入这种窘境，都是强烈的渴望被爱与害怕孤独造成的一系列不良反应而已，get used to it bro。并不是一部爱情电影，重心更偏向自我和家庭。剧情并没有什么亮点，但是人物表现力十分出彩，而且leo叔还有的溜鸟秀，还是值得一看的。
就是想到某个人了。不用怀疑，再也遇不到那样的人了。
像低配版的花束般的恋爱吧，但感情描写没那部细腻，女主下线太突然之后剧情太匆忙了…如果说那部是讲了合拍的恋人工作后渐行渐远，这里讲的就是，进入社会后好好一个人接受生活的残酷变成空壳吧。男主入社前的期待，新人培训时和同期的干劲，几年后的浑浑噩噩，啊まさにそれ。讴歌青春最晚也在如黎明时分的最后的学生时代，太阳升起就要变成泡沫了
我们总会这样，仍然走在曾经的地方，去怀念、去向往，是我喜欢的类型。
在pad上看的，纯粹是为了搞笑而搞笑，不过算是比一些网大要好点。有几个笑点还是不错的。
&钩又直又长生怕你看不出来似的、、一星给黒島結菜的侧颜、、
still learning to love / will stumble and fall
每个人都在自我救赎的路上（所以说，有病就去看病，桑迪亚戈早该去看心理医生）
生活只能给我们以破碎的拥抱。如实纪录一位同志父亲的中年危机，在性和裸露上能看出是非常纯正的南美同影
能理解人物的心路历程，但是拍的真的不太好，剧情空洞乏味，女主后半段直接消失让人感觉怪怪的。感觉男主最后那次与女主见面可以多一些对话探讨两个人对这段感情的看法和打算，而不是看男主跟好朋友聊一堆无意义的话题。
不圆满的 平静的 伤心的 疲惫的愤怒的 也是一种有趣的人生 生活啊生活
戳中笑穴的电影 “爸爸 前面太黑 我什么都看不见” 还有那句 “说他喝醉了 说你当时揍了他一拳”给对方和自己都留一点体面
想想他女儿真是不容易，一个疯爸，一个躁妈，如果不远离，就永远长不大。
开场的感觉很好，慢慢的发觉男主角这个人物的心理层次不清晰，基本上就是原地打转的状态，到了第三幕，用死亡，打架和争吵这些套路化的情节来处理人物的问题，强行让人物转变，显得不够真诚，导演套路化的给出一个情境，下一秒就立刻解决了问题。不过莱昂纳多·斯巴拉格利亚这次的表演够卖力了，直接泳池边甩Dior摇摆，大叔人到中年还是这么美，不明白为什么他身边的小鲜肉瞧不上他，帅成这样有什么可中年危机的，太不科学了，他这种外型来演这种角色，我不信。
最近挺喜欢这种着重于讲状态而不是讲故事的片子。
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