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.
依托文学原著，对拉斯洛·奈迈施方法论一次保守性质的改良。剧作（尤其是配角设置）和场面设计都是极度工整匠气的，但和前作类似，导演依旧能在一个立场鲜明的电影中找到最平衡的角度，用白描代替口号和说教，强调思考与体验，而非灌输和煽动。
那几段，做足了心理准备以后，至少看下来了。而看这一题材的电影，很难不与《四月三周两天》比较，思来想去，还是觉得《四三二》更好。btw，这片真正唯一女主在豆瓣演职员表里排在最后一位…
5.5/10.0。有必要借这部来给2021我所看的“女性/女权/平权”题材的电影做个总结了。相比较后现代解构导向的《钛》、略带迷失情绪的《世界上最糟糕的人》，这部电影的技法就中庸了很多，以电视编导风的跟拍大光圈镜头为主，尺度在法国电影中并不算大，强调临场感，意图在生理和心理上双重刺激观众。不过本作的文本是最传统的，也是接近表层的现实议题的：关于不负责任的男人和禁锢女性的生育，顺带提及了那个年代萨特和波伏娃的思潮。然而，几十年过去，对父权的后现代解构朝着愈发“矫枉过正”的方向发展。我赞同任何性质的运动都必须得“过”，这条道路通向何方，依然有待人类文明冷静审慎的观察。
简单，直白，有力。
为所爱之人而死为天下苍生而死，永远能戳我😭
基本上都是中近景，是为了用画面配合女主在混乱中恐惧茫然的心态吗，视野被高度局限，不知道画框外等待自己的是什么 / “Miss, accept it. You have no choice.” 和善一笑 / 痛感似乎已经成为法国片不可分割的一部分了
生育是无法控制的未来，是“只攻击女人的绝症，无差别的把她们都变成了家庭主妇。”开了保胎药的以及漠不关心的男医生，比起女朋友和胎儿更在乎朋友看法的男人，只有自己的生理疼痛这么真实。什么时候人类可以进化成女性愿意受孕才能受孕？女人想要性交才能性交？！
8/10.
心情沉重。堕胎作为女性可自由选择的权利现如今也成了拉选票的政治武器。实现男女平等遥遥无期。
抛开东欧剧变后的时代背景，从技法纯熟度上，法国这部要好过能作为罗马尼亚新浪潮皇冠的《四月三周两天》（当然那是另一种技法）。不过，也有点不理解故事所发生的1950年代和法国小城为什么当时会这样？可能是对当下的欧美性别平等习惯到理所当然，以至于忘了不久远的历史样貌吧。对于少女命运，以为会有一个开放式嘎然而止的结局，没想还是比较善意地让她拥有了更多的人生可能性。女孩脸蛋，也太像年轻时的凯拉奈特利了。
一个女性的生育权都完全不能自己做主的社会/时代，是多么恐怖和黑暗。这是艺术，也是真实。60年前的法国、现在的欧洲某国，禁止堕胎深入人心，也许他们是因为宗教等各种各样的原因，可为什么现在我们也在重蹈覆辙？从禁止生到禁止堕，一个极端向另一个极端。又是一部随大流看着群里抢得热闹就来看看的热门影片，现场我旁边的女生看得不停吸气捂眼，虽然血腥程度比《钛》小多了，但看得人非常疼！不知道老爷们儿们能否体会！大家都想起《女人韵事》。法盟可以放这些片子真的牛X！女主Anne和她闺蜜伊莲娜（烧女里小女仆），我又脸盲了。久违的三连的一天体力尚可。with vow.法国文化中心电影厅。英字内嵌，外拍红中字有几处提前拍。买票几分钟售罄约78成满。检票法国大爷挺好，26号的也让进了。每次进都一股子滴露味儿！春分日观影。
恐怖片，但真正恐怖的是画面之外、电影开始前、摄影机看不到的地方。从不避讳疼痛，很少谈论身体的变化，有时认为理所应当，其实总是忘记，这一直正在发生。
精神和身体上的痛与煎熬，女人满足欲望的代价太大了。堕胎合法的必要性是不可无视的。#SGIFF32
从女主视角进行的直线叙事，没有枝蔓，男人们站得远远的轻巧推脱，私下交易的非法堕胎手术，直面淋漓的鲜血拍得不留情面。女性导演并不是刻板印象的细腻温柔感性或煽情，女性导演的取材和观察世界的角度，才是她们与男导演的区别。把1960年代的生死无助冷静呈现，才能让今日的人们明白，女性对自己身体的主权，是如何一寸一寸争取回来的。
20220624 The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade.| If the US Supreme Court confirms its draft decision, women will die. The Justices who vote to strike down Roe will not succeed in ending abortion, they will only succeed in ending safe abortion._The Lancet| Men shouldn't be making laws about women's bodies.| 从未停止过，依旧正发生。
"正发生”这个片名起得很加分 要是制定和子宫相关教条法典的人也大都长着子宫 那绝不会到了公元2022年还有十几亿人可能会在巨大的生理痛苦和心理折磨下因为拿掉了自己体内一个胚胎而被关进大牢
太安全了，不及《NRSA》勇敢。从他人面孔中读到的始终是女主的惊恐无助，像一面仅作自拍用途的镜墙。不妨翻转镜头，尝试进入他人的世界，甚至短暂抛弃自己，或能更加理解自身的处境。
勉强及格。打捞、挽救历史现象，在反思上，史观和镜语一样，也是有限地，且强烈聚焦于具体女性于彼时的真实困境之上，只是“生而为女人”是相当偶然，到“女性困境”就是永恒的语意必然连续，故事里并非浑然天成，而是沃特鲁梅的表演带来的，甚至都使电影有演员作者化的意味，表演太强了，加一星。
确实是无处不在发生的一种现实。最恐怖的也许并不是被迫独自面对一切和的生理和心理上的剧痛，而是即便女性处在巨大的怀孕后的焦虑与惶恐之下，对于某些男性来说则是那即使发生关系也不会怎样的便利。这种以性别为借口的堂而皇之的冷漠才是最令人绝望的。影片足够冷静克制，以至于残忍而直白，但这就是现实。
女性应该看，男性更应该看，可和“四月三周两天”搭配观看
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