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.
看到后面忍不住哭了 当一个女性遭受了性犯罪 不管程度如何 对她的一生都会造成不可磨灭的印记 可往往犯罪者却又是最容易脱罪的 或者受到较轻的惩处 对于不能约束自己的动物 就要用重刑震慑他们 让他们恐惧 希望全世界的女性都能有力量保护自己 我会为所有女性电影打满分
虽然没有丧心病狂加入歌舞，但印度片还有个顽疾，就是爱用慢镜头，本来就节奏很慢，加上无数没必要的慢镜头，看得很费劲。一个悬疑故事，直到一个半小时以后才开始解谜，无语了。
7.7 “这个国家的人，你若不对着他们的耳朵呐喊，他们还是会继续装聋作哑的。”《长夜难明》《开端》和这部作品的“犯罪动机”是相似的，作恶之人横行法外，公权冷漠傲慢，弱者绝望诉诸暴力，才得些许正义回还。窒息的死结。
一个女人需要孤身奋战、耗尽一切才能换来少得可怜的话语权，而现实要比电影黑暗得多，片尾字幕印象深刻，在观看这部影片的两个小时内，就有8位印度妇女被强奸，同为女人、同样身处亚洲，对于这种恐惧十分感同身受。看之前以为会很类似《裙角飞扬的日子》，看完发现探讨的问题确实不同，题材很好，可惜的是拍得一般，制造悬疑氛围用力过猛，几处镜头+音效真的很印度，废镜头废戏一堆，高潮来得太晚，立意大于影片本身。
被情绪主导还是在所难免 但女性确实是伟大的
这个，真的不行的，价值观有问题！除了诡异还是诡异！
最后结尾二十几分钟燃，这么点故事拍两个小时从电影角度真的不行，从立意角度印度is rising up
jc为了升职，只顾着破重大案件，女主的却不管，觉得没有价值。啧啧啧，可实际，多少人报警后也就只有一条回执，啥也没了。
作为类型片是比较成熟的，女主的演技真的不错。但是非常幼稚的是：很难相信一个系统学习过法学知识的人会认为只有依靠提高量刑基准才能够预防、惩治犯罪——当然你要是说女主的“学习”仅限于背法条那当我没说。
印度很神奇，这种反映社会的电影一直在拍，但现实依旧不会变。
这样的电影真好，值得更多的人去看，在当下，它的现实意义，尤其凸显。该发出声音的时候，不要犹豫，一点点支持，也许可以改变未来，也许只改变一点点，那也比原地踏步要好很多！
很適合現在的人類觀看 不應該把自己社交媒體化
《星期四》的立意很好，类型片包装也不错，开头结尾很高能，但过程非常拖沓，不是很喜欢。
很类型片了，印度议题下包着非常西方的外壳，虽然很多细节经不起推敲，太过幼稚和情绪化。但已经在讨论了，再往后不知道是否会进化的出人意料。
波涛汹涌的观感，却夹杂着复杂的情绪，类似于韩国几年前擅长的类型结构，把动机和成因埋藏在过程中，给出强烈的冲突和危机，抽丝剥茧的靠近真相，一直到吃蛋糕的情节处，才恍然明白一切只为得到一个机会的一次诉求，电影的意义远远大于类型片的形式，技术层面来说编剧太痴迷于玩弄观众情绪，以至于文本处处透着急功近利的心态，过于理想主义的投机取巧，完美立意的篇章下也充斥着漏洞百出的低级错误，即便如此，强烈的戏剧张力下好像时时都在贴合合理化进程，反而给了观众更持久的观感，延迟的直播，滞后的国家系统，迟迟未来的正义，给腐败媒体和腐朽机关一记响亮耳光，面对装聋作哑，唯有入地绝境，不让巨石坠落，怎能掀起惊天波澜？★★★☆
主要是想借电影为印度女性发声，不公是人造成的，也是社会造成的。最触动人的其实是片尾字幕，是这部电影的成功同样也是不成功之处。故事问题还是挺多的，不管怎么说还是让我共情了
一贯地有些节奏过缓，但是能拍这样的题材还是特别值得尊敬。
印度真的不缺好电影 后半段太好哭了 nana只有一点说错了 强奸犯应该阉割凌迟打残废做成人棍让人唾弃生不如死 而不是处死
作为重头戏的谈判对峙阶段还是略显平淡了。另，感觉近些年印度电影的尺度也是越来越开放了。
差不多也就3.5星吧~女主一反常态突然绑架16个儿童，为了获取社会的巨大关注，甚至要求和总理见面~悬念不算强，主题不难猜，也正是因为整体的核心故事比较简单，所以电影前半部分几乎没什么情节的推进，警方调查了半天也搞得没什么成果，这些基本信息按理说半小时就应该全都掌握了~配乐是一大加分项，浑厚低沉反复循环的轰鸣声，配上女主飒爽的脸部特写，把片子的氛围渲染的不错~
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