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.
犹如中世纪的简化罗生门，我就懒得多说了，大概你能从每条评价都看到一样消息就说明剧本的“平稳”有多么瘪。是的剧情很现实充满对女性命运的揭示，男人以正义之言行不义之事，女人的身体灵魂被肆意践踏，到头来男人都在为自己利益显露出怯懦、贪欲、嫉妒无耻的嘴脸，骂得好bluhbluh…但是仔细想想章回体的重复真的必要吗？揭示出更深的讽刺吗？雷老爷子我看完这部就像看完异形契约的感觉，换了普通导演这是不错的完成度，您老要是这水平连续继续下去，可真是不该。万幸马达发挥应有演技，司机的身体太美好了气质太硬了好喜欢，本…反正我从没觉得他有多少演技
2021上映剧情片的个人年度第二部五星，进入2021个人年度TOP3内已毫无疑问。标准三段式结构，三个人物的视觉推进。随着Margerite戏份的渐进加大，个性越来越鲜明，主题越来越清晰。没有一句台词强调性别来说教，却处处呈现了那个权力金钱及男性至上的时代烙印。社会华丽光鲜外表的裹挟下，充斥虚伪、无情、膨胀、肮脏的权欲。
漂亮的结构，导演的企图心又是如此的谦逊。细节里处处见斯科特对历史的把握与人性的谙熟。这一次他谦逊而有一些老谋深算地选择了变化的视角来处置沉闷的历史题材，揭示了视角属于谁谁就是受害者谁才是得道者的精美比喻。真正读史的人不能错过的一部好戏，爱电影的人应该注目的一部好戏。字幕升起，掌声，泪水应该献给这部提供了持久的共鸣感的电影。
让我们先从勇敢发声开始！Say No！
最让我感到恐惧和绝望的是Jacques到死都不觉得自己是强奸犯，一定是女人欲拒还迎勾引他在先……跨越时空的共情感顷刻间袭来，第三篇章的开头字幕特意在truth上多停留了一刻。朱迪科莫在电影里好美。
感谢雷德利，从异形到末路狂花再到本片，一直致力于女性电影的发展。
如果说《决斗的人》讲的是宿敌之恨化解于历史大义的故事，那么这部电影就毫无保留地戳破了这种“大义”，斯科特的中世纪也摒弃了《角斗士》里的返古浪漫主义，留下的只有泥泞、寒冷、一帮自私的男人和一个坚毅的女人。
一个女人说：“我说的（才）是真相。”另一个女人说：“真相从来不重要。”从未经历高潮的女人被要求生子，想做贤妻的女人被指责为娼妓。当一个女人被强暴，全世界都是有罪的。/只是司机演英俊男人真的不太有说服力呃。以及如果奥斯卡给了小K提名却没给Jodie，那只能说学院瞎了眼。
中世界的metoo系列 选角很犀利 最后一场duel拍的印象深刻 结尾让人窒息
这片票房如此惨淡也不是没有原因的，表面上是吸引男性观众的血腥暴力战争决斗元素，内核确实对男权控诉讽刺的女性主义表达，在商业上确实不管哪一方面受众都不讨好。
拍得四平八稳，结构冗余无效。决斗刺激过瘾，中世纪质感出彩。
看似是个男人决斗的故事，实际上却是女性的挣扎，演员在线，不得不吹爆雷老。
emmm，如果为了女权而打高分的话，就不值当了，电影本身略显笨拙
相比于罗生门较为均衡的话语分配，老雷这次对于特定一方太过偏袒。
耐心看进去前两段才能get到第三段的情绪和细节，所以要看完整，虽然没什么特别技法但也不失为佳作，老爷子不易，我大本到台前纯是来逗的
最后的决斗戏很写实，也很过瘾
men, they're all such fools, 人类的品行一言以蔽之：虚伪，除了受害者，没有人关心真相，一切从未过去，而是正在发生，
只有男人的脸面，没有女人的尊严。
剧本非常好，同一场景在不同视角下台词的微妙差异揭示人物看待问题的方式。经过扎实铺垫直至最后决斗死了一个人，分量远远重于鱿鱼游戏过家家式的决斗连带上之前死的几百个人。
感谢雷德利，从异形到末路狂花再到本片，一直致力于女性电影的发展。
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