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.
全片感情基调是隐忍、克制的，天气也是阴沉的，却在结尾处迎来爆发。妹妹在阳光里一步步走向姐姐，没有只言片语，就只是抱着她，一如小时候抱着如妈妈般存在的姐姐。此刻泪崩~
墙中鞋，奶油饼，大衣甜甜圈， life goes on 之罪，更生人不易；Sandra Bullock 演技有点厉害，“惩罚者”和“金并”都好友善
剧情槽多无口，影片速度太慢，1.5倍速正好
当你是一个人，去面对整个社会的排斥的时候，是很压抑的
这个国家的人装聋作哑，除非你对着他们的耳朵大喊大叫，否则他们会轻易地选择忽略你的声音。
奈娜真是太棒了，逼出政要的行为真是个好主意，不過人家印度政府在意兒童生命，才肯出面。比如在某國，綁架16個兒童？就算把全國兒童綁架了又如何？愛誰誰！結局的一行字太可怕了。ps女主和陳凱琳傻傻分不清，原來陳凱琳是印度人
Till it happens to you you won't know
唉看得好难过啊，想起前程似锦的女孩，我们都待在一个只能以暴制暴的社会里。
这两年印度电影越老来多以女性为题材，虽然拍摄手法及剧情还有待提高，但已经是很大的进步了！有那么一点韩国电影之感，与不公抗争，为女人伸张正义。
作为一部电影，也许并不够出色，悬念、转折也没有特别吸引人，但其中的社会意义却是无法用艺术价值来衡量的，有着十分强大的能量。衷心希望这部电影能够推动社会进步，让女性在印度、在世界无需再受不必要的伤害。三星。
是努力使非洲发生的罪恶能够像在欧洲那样得到制止，还是使欧洲发生的罪恶也像在非洲那样得到姑息？类似于此，是要以绑架案才能搏得强奸案的关注吗？以及所有人保护的孩童，会不会某一天也变成强奸犯？我们有太多为什么与因为来促成动机，但却无法评判对错
意义很棒，在一个星期四看了这部电影的同时有八个女生被强奸了
桑德拉·布洛克的人中让我出戏 剧情的高潮也没有撑起来… 是我期望太高了
桑德拉布洛克演得真好啊，愤怒悲伤又内敛克制，出狱人融入社会/展开往事真相/深切感情等几条线索纠缠在一起做得蛮不错
与今年的开端有异曲同工之处，似乎解决社会议题最硬核的方式不是问题本身，反其道而行之的放大却成了正解。这种社会根部的病态在放大镜下被暴露的体无完肤，犹如这部电影突如其来的一个个印度式切镜，闪的你不得不心中有数。
虽然槽点满点：镜头会突然推进，接电话只用蓝牙耳机，美式电影的fxxk。。。
虽然槽点满点：镜头会突然推进，接电话只用蓝牙耳机，美式电影的fxxk。。。
剧本正常，表演正常，无特别之处——无特别之处的意思就是，无功无过，情理之中，没有超出期待。//桑德拉的表演我也觉得没有可圈之处，哀伤，沉稳≠死板的面无表情。面无表情是可以有层次的，可参见马修·麦康纳在《真探第一季》《达拉斯买家俱乐部》中的表演，或参见凯特·温丝莱特在《朗读者》《东城梦魇》中的表演。所以，在我看来，死板的面无表情肯定不属于高段位的表演。
还可以吧，但火候欠佳。说不上来，哪儿块有点不得劲儿
没有歌舞，两小时没有尿点，印度片越来越多好片了。虽然还是逃不开一些套路，例如罪犯之所以成为片中罪犯，是因为有冤要诉。近年这套路真的有点多。
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