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.
比起外国人对宏大叙事的态度，中国人好像有个特点，就是一味回避真相，只记得住那些大的，澎湃的，虚假的，气球一样的东西，
个人认为结尾将个人苦难转移到政府层面的失职实在是个败笔。
为了啾硬生生啃了生肉，这片儿里的利物浦口音巨他妈可爱。剧本完成度还是粗糙了点，角色刻画和情感转折都浅尝辄止，但要命的是对世界刚经历的浩劫都描述得非常准确，比安海瑟薇演的那个啥玩意儿强多了。许多幕的表演和摄影镜头都极有张力，每一个照护的长镜头，疫情开始时午夜里No one is coming的绝望，还有结尾Jo面对镜头的质问。啾真是宝藏演员，爱她。
外在威胁总是能让我们看清更多东西。
疫情下，被抛弃的永远最先的是所谓的对社会无用的人，悲哀（2021.11.26 星期五 沐陂）
立意不錯 抓住了很多點 長鏡頭的調度和女主演技不賴
总会联系到今年最让我动容到收藏的帖子里一个网友的评论 说的就是网友自己的祖母住在养老院然后临终前都因为疫情见不到自己的亲人而给这些儿孙们留下一辈子的伤痛和遗憾
我的小杀手请多拍点这种类型的片子。（话说真是我今年看的第一步和疫情有关剧情片呢
尼玛这帮白皮帮助病毒变异了好几代了吧 还尼玛舔 豆瓣这群殖人
而看到短剧中老人院的痴呆老人们和亲人隔窗见面却不明白为什么亲人们不进来看他们的时候
看到啾迪对着镜头的控诉真是泪流不止，我们总是擅长把怜悯赠给不需要怜悯的人，对于真正需要帮助的又恐时财压力而逃避不视。同样的题材，拍出来的却是云泥之别…
越来越喜欢这种自然呈现、不刻意输出的电影。疫情突发时的那种无助、绝望和不甘心，以及片尾那段振聋发聩的质问，朱迪的表现既在意料之外又在意料之中，总之她从不让人失望，特棒！最后感叹一下，英国英语的口音真是太多了，比如这部电影就是其中一例～
很多话想说，到最后汇成一句，希望中国也有这样的电影，真实，有力
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这个是疫情以来第一部歪果仁有戴口罩的影视作品，这觉悟来来来，莎拉你会长命百岁的。
女主从Madame de Carrouge变成利物浦口音的前问题少女和护工，表演仍然具有可信度。看完电影让很多回忆都回到一年多以前。后半部分略有点牵强，缺乏说服力，可能是导演想要制造一个高潮然后批判一下吧。
那些阴阳怪气的人看个电影也优越感爆棚。
剧情本身而言拍得很现实，让人很难受。
个人认为是抗击新冠题材中最好的电影。直面问题、讲真话、能讲出来，这都是珍贵的美德了……
目前为止，这片是有关新冠背景的最好的片子了。印象深刻的女主无助的长镜头。《中国医生》是个啥?
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