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.
镜头大体不错，但切换生硬。
很吸引人的片子，不只是主角们很好看，色彩和光影的运用更是恰到好处。故事直白又勇敢，关于认同关于找寻。【轴】
高出预期的一部电影，两个人好有CP感哦……虽然最后没在一起，但还挺为他俩高兴的。
花这么大力气找动物当主角，希望故事和casting可以更好一点吧😅
旁白太多了，好像一部读出来的电影。前后也略有些割裂，故事讲着讲着就跑了。有些内容还是有想法的，但是讲得方式太差了。而不老这个概念，也基本没用上啊。
说实话没有看懂，可能是有点深奥，讲的很现实是文化是社会的写实，比我大语气要高，不适合小孩看
一般，有钱有私人领地很重要，出发点主旨是好的，我这爱哔哔赖赖的臭毛病不好，主题挺温馨就是，人与自然和谐共生
我太服气了，人类史诗
动物们好可爱，人类太坏，科学家邪恶马戏团没人性。
故事很简单，感情纠葛了半天，直男永远都是直男，gay最终还是活出了自我。主要是为了男主看的，说不上哪里帅，但就是很戳我，演员把直男气质演绎的淋漓尽致，这简直就是我身边大多数直男的形象。但编剧把这种直男的形象过于美好化了，历史经验告诉我们，事实上是，永远不要碰直男，他们感觉自己在被骗后只会让你尝到“铁拳”的滋味，如果还像剧中那样纠葛不清的，基本都是bi或深柜。
🎥故事题材：
属于你我的私人荒漠，越近越了解~应该会拿奖吧？~
一狮一狼一人一个私人领地，她们在一起过着快乐温馨自在的生活。
披着浪漫外衣的1818新闻：中年单身单子奔赴2000公里见女网友，车震时却发现对方是个男的。
跨性别主角的出场设计还挺巧妙的 我真的差一点就要以为另一个主角是黑人男gay蜜了 然后船上留下了一位旁观者陪着男主 两人都被留在了夕阳下还挺美好的 顺便一夸这片子的画面真的好美
很神奇，他们从女主那带走狼和狮子，送给科学家和马戏团，那是不是意味着，虽然号称着“人与自然地和谐”，但其实人类并不认同这种相处模式，而更认同科学家和马戏团的那两种观念？
有些低于预期，其实这部不太应该算同性？男二更像是跨性别吧。男主的颜值肉体没得说（露点好评），但是就整部电影而言，前半个小时真的有点无聊了，然后才算进入了正轨，而且整个的人物塑造都很模糊，男主究竟是犯了什么事，最后为何会选择接受和面对来一个happy ending，都完全没有说清楚。
前后人物中心的转移让整个叙事节奏和母题阐述都有了一些问题，有些事件有反复提到但也就停留在这里。男主的愤怒和沮丧并没有更加清楚的逻辑，他对异装男孩的转变到接受也是。
不知道是对这种叙事感到疲劳了，还是心态太暴躁，能理解想传达的那种挣扎和转变，但还是说本片除了美其他一点没打动我。
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