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.
这是一个你心知肚明是悲剧但没能如意料之中那般悲伤的电影，并非无法共情，而是表达欠点意思。
本来以为是个讲地震的故事，没想到是在讲低保。确实是真正需要保护的人总是永远得不到保护，虽然演员演技很生硬，人设转换也太过文艺，但初衷是好的，哀痛是血淋淋的。
我好像看过类似的剧情，挺鬼扯的，最后成了广告。装成这样，累不累
有些黑幕只是试探性挖掘的浅尝辄止，显露了冰山一角，伪善的部分被淡化了。
怪起来了，太怪了
剧情跌宕起伏，看的时候心里的评分也忽上忽下。前后像是两个故事，但又有些许联系。像是《阿甘正传》加入了一些奇怪的元素，是一次不错的尝试。但这部爱情片却没能引起我的共鸣，或许恋爱经历太少的缘故吧。只能说是“作者电影”了，有很强的作者痕迹在其中，想表达也绝不仅仅是爱情，塞的东西多了，却又怕喧宾夺主，结果有点畏手畏脚的感觉。但是两个主演都是很喜欢的演员，演技值得肯定，但故事看似要逃离传统框架，却又落入俗套，但又俗的有些精致，让人雾里看花。总体观看还行，但可以更好的。
佐藤健估计还停留在饰演拔刀斋的余韵中。怒吼着冲向人群时真以为要伏尸二人流血五步，结果下一秒就躺在泥水中困兽犹斗……
前半段有点阿甘正传的意思，后半段cn你出国开始，有点乱套了
割裂感严重的一部电影，前后反差之大，我虽然看不懂，但我大受震撼
“不管再来几次，都请鼓起勇气，发出你们的声音吧。你们要发出比那些卑劣者更响亮、更理直气壮的声音。”
前半段我还想这片继续下去应该还是算可以的，结果后半段像刹不住车似的原地起飞，我都看傻了
文科（甚至都不是民科）导演想整个硬科幻，扶额
很喜欢这部电影，拍得非常有小说的叙述感，沉浸感很高。标签的“爱情”其实我觉得不是很准确，这其实是一部关于“如何面对别离与死亡”的电影；甚至可以说是把临死之人（郭小鲁）在弥留之际眼前闪现的画面展现给了观众们。片中很有多一些细节，比如画幅的变化、飞机落地天地颠倒的镜头（去捷克留学正着变倒、院长病危回国倒着变正）、开车从青岛去北京的自述（影片开头和出车祸变植物人之前）等都是值得玩味的。
旁白多的我想砸屏幕，剧情扯的我想杀编剧，常识性错误多到我想去给他们上上历史课。
这个电影其实题材还可以，卡司演技也都还可以。
佐藤健这部怎么回事？全场枪毙鬼打扮颜值哪能介高？而且色气杀气拉满，真正被剑心五部曲耽误了。(羡慕戏里老阿姨好一把抱住佐藤健!)
一开始以为是奇幻片，然后发现是爱情片，再然后以为是科幻片，原来是文艺片，最后发现还是奇幻片……有点深度，表示没看太懂，最打动的一句话是“他好时，我不必在”“别怕，我管你”
叙事全崩之后，直接变“特种片”了
故事和主题其实是比较一般性的展开，依赖情感在压抑处滚动的力量创造情感的体验。但我就很吃日式剧作这一套，那些在连接处，忽显忽断的情感指向，被演员们对剧本的深情演绎积累和爆发出来，紧绷成一根伦理和社会规则相冲撞的颤动的弦，当然也是很传统社会派的做法，但又有何不可呢，社会派的议题，也需要自我较劲式的人文关怀，这和观念思辨是不一样的，懂日本人的世俗情感就懂这样的“无聊”表达，相反是不会懂的。
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