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.
赌博类型片的外壳，内在是导演施拉德反复多次拍摄的赎罪主题。主人公的身份设计有趣而值得深究，算牌高手往往能掌握赌桌上的胜算几率，却难以控制他人的命运轨迹。沉静缓慢的叙事节奏配合上隐约诡异的配乐，将潜藏主人公的心魔再次勾引出来，这种难以磨灭的道德愧疚感是类似赎罪题材的核心，也是近年来好莱坞反思题材的常见模型。施拉德此次突破不大，在过于精密的掌控之下流露出黑色影片的气质，整体而言过于老派，不讨好年轻观众是意料中事。
职场浪漫爱情喜剧，两个人互相斗气的时候真的十分小学生，选角太好了
集中各種商業片元素拍了一部……你說啥就是啥吧。
颜值满满，时尚欢乐，节奏轻快，音乐动听…都市浪漫爱情故事，看得很开心
与Alexander Dynan合作的两部电影让Shrader的创作生命又焕发一新，极简质感这么好却又不感觉炫技的摄影师太少见了，希望后面能有更多好作品。Shrader这次倒是老本行剧本写得比较马虎了。
Lucy Hale真的太矮了…当圣诞剧看还是蛮有趣的
好看。1.5倍速不用动脑子。过年拿来洗眼睛。
职场浪漫爱情喜剧，两个人互相斗气的时候真的十分小学生，选角太好了
姐妹搞事业是王道，男主身材真不错。办公室布景也挺有意思的一边性冷淡一边暖色调，男主还总是关键时候掉链子也是打破常规了，不知道的还以为他最后要出柜呢。
轻松爱情喜剧 看到女编辑送给女主精装傲慢与偏见的时候 谈起了达西 我就猜到了结尾
已经算是拍得不那么粗糙的一部了，校园游戏那部分就很🤧
已经算是拍得不那么粗糙的一部了，校园游戏那部分就很🤧
單身狗看著看著就酸了😭
威尼斯主竞赛第二场，我在纠结给4🌟还是给5🌟
hot priest damn hot isaaaac
烂俗的情节没有什么可观赏的价值。对于男主的印象还停留在《Whiplash》里那个极为自负的鼓手学员上。
太烂了。。因为bgm扫一眼，浪费了人生的一个半小时
开篇挺好，然后突然一股左味喷涌，让人只能苦笑
赎罪者没有打败假的美国人，打败了真正让自己成为罪人的纯正美国人，并继续享受赎罪
这本书告诉我们，阶级不同的人，就别一头栽进去了，决对没有好下场。别说是夫妻爱人了，就连做朋友都难。阶级不同注定了，价值观，消费观各种观都不和，最初的激情消耗完了，还剩下什么，只能是各执己见的争吵了！
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