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.
好法式啊，剧情，调色，音乐，人物。真好，想沉醉在巴黎的晚风中
有动人之处，有滑入梦幻时代的迷醉气质。但也就一瞬
每一个片段都是既脆弱又伤心。“一开始想象的生活并不是这样，但我们已经尽力去热爱了，对不对。”
一种由内而外的nostalgie，让电影略显老派。纯粹被巴黎的夜晚打动，在那样的夜色里穿行过的人会懂，那些情绪弥漫仿佛不能被天光阻挡，在每块梦境碎片上都残存着他人眼中瞥见的自己，铁塔的微光，河水的黑影，红色的车线，曾经的记忆也终于像梦一样了，仅有的确信即是，那里的夜晚就是如此。
美丽，温柔，带着一丝丝不大不小的哀愁，令人着迷的是巴黎的夜，是暮色晨光里每一个认真生活的人。 最后30秒有点感动。
温柔的就像塞纳河的夜一样，多彩的暖色调浅浅的晕开，自然而又美丽。女神还是女神，迷的挪不开眼。
高饱和度的画面、明亮的客厅，给岌岌可危的我的脆弱的生活带来了浓郁的久违的新鲜。没有朝生暮死的放纵，是80年代很有希望的感觉。内向的小哥这里真的表现得很内向，很棒。甘斯布美丽又游刃有余，非常女神。
#Berlinale72nd# 4.5 与《阿曼达》着重于情绪的生长不同，更多是一种状态的描摹，在状态的捕捉中提炼出细腻的情绪，异质感由突然出现的人物提供，但在漫游间，情绪触感逐渐消融异质，使其与情境融于一体。既是巴黎的故事，也是个体的故事。
可惜的是影片缺乏艺术性，也缺乏美学，故事也并不出彩，或者说略显平淡，人物还比较饱满。
一边看一边跟朋友吐槽，欧洲人还是矫情，这大house住着搁咱这儿妥妥人上人。看着看着还是妥协了，谁不苦呢？大house住着也是苦。Charlotte Gainsbourg真的是风姿矍铄，法国中年女人抽烟也太美了！
如果没经历疫情，我不信评分会这么高。人们怀念疫情前的世界，怀念鲜活热烈的生命体验，怀念人与人之间真挚的感情。通过《圆月映花都》的片插试图去解构巴黎人的情感和生活，复古调调十足。有多少人喜欢，就有多少人无奈。
一首温柔的时代印象曲，艰难未知充满悲喜的家庭生活影像，动人之处在于时代痕迹和可信度，配乐太舒服了
在我看来，电影里的悲伤故事，是那么的令人嫉妒
#Berlinale Competition# 《宝石长袍》看了半小时放弃了跑来看这个，真好看啊，气质特别迷人，一会就给代入进去了。温柔静谧的夜空，行色匆匆的旅人，80年代的巴黎，虽不曾至但心向往之。一个普通家庭、一个平凡女性和她周围人的故事就这样缓缓流淌，淡淡的轻轻的，所见之处尽是导演对历史还有电影的感伤怀旧，演员好，音乐品味也好，希望有大奖啊！最后妈妈送给孩子礼物那段直接看哭了，想起我妈妈以前也有写日记的习惯，她告诉我，在认识我爸之后，她发现记录的都是伤心的事情，于是就不再写了。我没有看过她的日记，也不敢看，或许是我还不够勇敢吧。想到这里，再看到电影里的情节，就情不自禁地感到难过。
Pascale Ogier hante ce film…
属于夜旅人的夜电台
日常也能拍的这么迷幻这么美好，她家窗景谁住谁都会爱死巴黎了吧！晚安，巴黎的过客…
中年母亲，旅人少女，懵懂少年… 在巴黎夜晚他们路过彼此的世界而已！！！
8/10。摄影、配乐都很棒，旧的、模糊的影像的插入，真的有一种如梦似幻的感觉，人与人之间的情感大抵也是如此。亲情、爱情与友情，片中均有所触及，尽管几乎每一段情感都没有特别深刻之处，以及某些人物缺席，比如伊丽莎白的母亲与前夫，但在这样令人陶醉的影片氛围里，能够感受到人物的情感与彼此之间的连结就足够了。不过有一点比较可惜，就是影片的故事内容并没有与时代背景相结合，只有旧影像的插入，人物的穿着打扮与场景设置，以及侯麦的《圆月映花都》诸如此类表现时代感的元素是不够的，简介里提及的政治气氛与法国的新生并没有得到展现，如果能够把时代环境与个人生活形成对照，必然会更好。
有一种温暖的东西是永存的，时间无法使它停止。比如骑着电动车载母亲，载女朋友，一家人听着音乐抱在一起跳舞。母亲演得好，让治愈的故事立住了。时不时插进的4比3 dv视角也挺有意思的，“我们在别人的碎片里”。女生与巴黎的溶接，大家同是巴黎夜旅人。迷影情节，本身是影迷，然后两次看《圆月映花都》
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