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.
電影只有一條平鋪直敘的故事線，就仿佛是在將伊麗莎白的生活一樣，簡簡單單，沒有大風浪也沒有大崛起，平緩而動人心，簡單中又有法式的浪漫充斥著，這是典型的法國浪漫電影，但又有了生活的氣息，屬實難得。
体现出法国电影一贯的风韵，同时保持着法国室内戏的优良传统
法式经典，侯麦再现。细碎，敏感，怀旧，朦胧。家庭关系，少年心事。梦巴黎。Talulah 真可爱。儿子有点像《四百击》里的安托万。音乐很好，金色泡沫感。引用北岛的诗：那时我们有梦，关于文学，关于爱情，关于穿越世界的旅行。如今我们深夜饮酒，杯子碰在一起，都是梦碎的声音。Gerhard Richter《Reading》的画面。
体量比三宅唱大一点的片子，给人以相似温暖的感动。运用大量archive footage来构建时代感，成功把观众抛入一个加糖带滤镜却又让人信服的美好世界。侯麦与其说成为一种迷影元素，不如说成为一个怀旧构件。
夏洛特真是风情万种，可却不敢说她是个好演员。坐在同一间放映厅看这间放映厅出现在电影里，算是个体验。
曼妙的音乐勾勒出巴黎夜晚迷人的城市影像，迷影情怀与充斥着80年代的复古气质尽显对往日年代的怀念，两个人的灵魂在塞纳河边碰撞，往日悲伤的情绪一点点弥散在夜空中，图书馆与电台，邂逅与一夜情，多么令人陶醉的一部电影。
“我一开始想象的生活并不是这样的，但我们还是尽力去热爱它了，对吗？”
虽然还是稍显中产和匠气，但朴实的镜头语言疯狂加分，有点侯麦的味道。另外，甘斯伯格的声音也太温柔了。
从开头就被soundtrack深深吸引。印象最深的一幕是儿子骑车载着Elizabeth，笑着说他之前不愿谈论的事。
Les sentiments fragiles,les images courantes,ils sont beaus.
温暖、浪漫的巴黎人故事，一切都被加上了美好的滤镜，即使他们的遭遇并不完全是幸福的，也不妨碍观众在其中得到的抚慰。
80年代的巴黎可以浪漫死你，故事、情调、摄影和配乐都一流啊。
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还不错啦。
不由得感嘆，甘斯布也到了演這麼大孩子媽媽的年紀了。巴黎城區和拉德芳斯真的各有美感。養眼療癒的清新之作。法國電影少見的含蓄溫柔，靜謐和善。
足够美妙，但似乎缺乏得以延续的情感，仿佛自开场便奔向美丽。
我不知道是感动还是因为影片的质感还是什么，伴随着那个音乐，一直哭一直哭
怀旧迷人 一切都刚刚好。甘斯布女神气质太棒太迷人了
为了看这片子近十年来头一次在在线影院网站看渣画质。结果电影中的每一帧每一个音节演员的每一个神采都让人重新找回与巴黎相恋的感觉。
我永远都会喜欢这种影像，困顿之中的温柔的力量。甘斯布仍然是这么迷人而有魅力。配乐实在太喜欢～
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