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.
第一次看柬埔寨电影，这个故事放在任意一个发展中国家经济落后的地区都可以，没拍出特色，分段式结构也只体现在开篇的名称上，局限于形式，比较平庸，观感也一般，不过还是有挺大的进步空间的。
阿彼察邦已经把东南亚电影的路子走得差不多了，东南亚的未来值得担忧啊😂😂
2《红衣女孩》
整体其实蛮吓人的，有的故事就是无聊，又臭又长，有的还蛮不错的
坐在导演正后方。八方支持，实现心愿的作品。摄影还不错哇。
第四个故事开头看得我姨母笑，然而结局？？？？
导演一再用“楼长”烂掉的脚趾头来指代需要拆迁的大楼，似乎不把楼拆掉，城市就会像他一样落得一个截肢的下场。但是导演也告诉我们，他真正病因是糖尿病。对于柬埔寨来说，病因是贫穷，是不公。不要随便说“要拿出壮士断腕的勇气”，毕竟截肢的不是喊口号的人。这个片的缺点吧，就是叙事效率太低，影像风格有形无神，有炎热的天气，没有温度。
韩影的女主绝对不会让人失望，颜值颇高，“捉迷藏”49分瞬间有点走向怪兽题材的意思。。万万没想到，堪比生化危机。
柬埔寨拆迁故事，有点闷有点虚，不太喜欢。
这片子后半部分拧巴的我想杀人，章回体制导致我对这个故事的割裂感更强了，东南亚的湿热我没有感觉到，我只感受到了导演太多想表达的纠结在一起成为了一种沉重且沉闷的观影负担。
可能因为是短篇集锦，所以导致每个故事看起来有种无厘头的感觉，逻辑就更不用说了。
5/10。《寄生虫》相对跑出，前面的日常感与奇异的机位有追看性，《冥婚》那个勉强可以，其他都是浪费时间的那种差。
短篇故事良莠不齐，当然有几个小故事还是不错的
两星半吧，虽然10个小故事各有特色，但水平都太平庸了，也可能是限于篇幅的缘故。无论是对于情节、逻辑、人物、主题上的刻画都非常粗浅，完全依靠猎奇来吸引眼球，以至于整个故事几乎都是围绕那一两个恐怖镜头来服务。尤其是镜子化妆那个，根本就不知所云。稍微好一点的是齿虫和人体模型，分别指向寄生虫病毒以及类人恐怖谷效应。然后主角们的表现依旧是看到危险就是不跑，等着被杀，或者笨到跑不掉，在一部电影里反复这样也是蛮无聊的。二手衣柜那个故事的女主倒是很勇，但最后依然剧情杀。至于恐怖镜头，just so so。这种片子也就是打发时间比较有用
长这样，还不接受，那就把你变丑。
城市化进程产生的最多的东西是废物，楼是，人也是。似乎大家的生存目标就是努力不做一个废物。（一星鼓励分吧，听说入围了威尼斯，第三世界的获奖电影，且看且珍惜 。）
看的我打哈欠，看到衣柜那里就关了，希望后面没有什么好看的东西，真的太无聊，而且都不符合逻辑，隧道算正常，红衣服故事不完整，寄生虫那医生碰到这种事情谁他妈还去帮那人做啊，招魂那个莫名其妙，你俩是拉拉也行，关键并不是，怕人说闲话故意疏远的那种，这种还要去招魂简直找死，层间噪音这个更无语，敲个门板敲出爱情了。不看了还是睡觉吧，有时间去b站看邓肯的怪谈比这香。
城市化进程中被城市抛下的底层阶级 个体生活面临的亲情友情房子的社会问题而产生的迷茫 最后年轻人为了赚钱依然前赴后继的进入这个吃人的熔炉
科长说这是第一部入围威尼斯的柬埔寨电影，导演最后自己也说这部电影或许能使柬埔寨电影创作者看到一些希望。影片最后在长廊里忽然就想到了今敏。
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