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.
一共两条线，狗血的那条线处理得很轻易，没能感受到两位母亲自己描述的那种“撕心裂肺”
和细胞在PAFF。正经看的第一部阿莫多瓦（睡了一个半小时的痛苦与荣耀不算），感觉真是成熟流畅。面对如此情感汹涌的故事，我作为观众如同涉过齐膝深的河水，受到真实的冲击但并不感到威胁，非常舒服的观影体验。以及Ana她妈有段对白我觉得特别亲切，先有出门前问女儿要不要加件外套，后有「我和你爸送你上学不是为了有天让你去别人家做保姆」……毫无文化隔阂。
历史伤痕和主线剧情就像两台平行线硬要交叉一起，说阿莫多瓦终于拍政治的是在搞笑，拜托重新看看他以前的作品，人家年轻的时候也是愤青好吧……
运用一段超长的母性主题叙事圆上了一个宏大的历史观，母亲作为叙事主体，可以被众多象征性事物替代，譬如国家、土地、所依恋的记忆。其实作为阿莫多瓦，这部作品每个叙事的节点其实都不意外，但相对来说，有些事物的表达似乎并不清楚，将孩子还给亲生母亲而继续忙于寻找记忆的项目，是说明一代人的事要一代代的解决吗？还是说我们宥于现存记忆而忘却共同伤痕是一种不尽善意的选择呢？两条线索平行但交错却显得头重脚轻，适当将更多共同伤痕记忆融入私人情感之中也许是一种更好的选择，或者说ane本身可以成为一个共同伤痕的隐藏承受者，被动接受并且理解历史的做法也许会更加动人。平行的不仅是共同母亲的身份，也平行了历史之间存在的异同，母亲的身份，同样也代表了另一层时空的我们。（最后一段掘尸的视听表达太完美了，共同伤痕，共同经历很动人的
还是阿莫多瓦原来的配方原来的味道，可以说是《回归》那种水平，母子关系，坚强女性，一次又一次地回到自己的那个乡村小镇，一个挺温柔挺体贴的男人， alberto Iglesias的配乐，高饱和色彩，几乎每一帧都有高饱和的红色。应该是对阿莫多瓦的配方太熟悉，以至于这么多年过后还是有些审美疲劳的。但我还是爱这个爱恨分明，色彩饱和情感饱满的西班牙导演。
就这样，一个小故事在这个精巧的万花筒中折射反射，散发着多姿多彩的迷人思绪。
直面历史，才能望向未来。婴儿抱错这种故事在阿莫多瓦这里都算不上奇情，掘开被掩埋、被遗忘的过去所产生的震撼也只是完全意料之中的。在两部分都不够出彩的状况下，又刻意地缝合，只能说就不难看吧。依然很爱片头片尾的字幕设计。
在本片中佩妮洛普克洛兹的表演还是比不上杰西卡查斯坦在《塔米菲的眼睛》中的表演的。
我觉得阿莫多瓦更想展示的是佛朗哥独裁时期黑暗历史这条线吧 抱错孩子主线反而有种割裂的感觉 整个电影的基调又定位在各种明亮温暖的配色之下 然后我的关注点也竟然在女主家里的软装和Ana的那套绿色家居服上…😂
人们总是忘记自己对他人有多不重要，而在做母亲时这就特别重要了。
#Venezia 78# 阿莫多瓦的电影温柔而有力量。空间的重要性越来越让位于「时间」，这种时间的呈现又是断裂的，但其实却拉长了人们对记忆和情绪的思考。「平行母親」
心病结痂了无数次，这次终于安心些许，不再去刻意碰触它——白骨终现天日，血缘水落石出，眼泪有声，感情响彻，历史没有沉默，历史不会沉默。
TA们其中一个说：“看看那个老处女”
想讲的太多又讲的莫名其妙的，靠梦境和电话才能推进的剧情一点都不恐怖和暴力。前面大篇幅讲了校园暴力和原生家庭，和后面有半毛钱关联吗？而且在这个过程中，一开始就想逃的男主，看上去前后毫无变化，也没有任何成长，看了个寂寞。
三星半 同样说拍这种通俗情节悬念剧，似乎阿莫多瓦无非就是比欧容更会升华
虽说看得出阿莫多瓦是想用平行母亲婴儿呼唤这个曲折情节来以小见大投影出祖先血脉不可磨灭的历史，但似乎并没有很好地结合。
我明白这两条叙事有什么关系。而且这质感不够啊
7.5/10，《平行老母》故事的内核其实是一场叙事的滑坡——🆘，连阿莫多瓦都在回归传统了！可见疫时代对人类社会的思潮改变之彻底。不信你在细品一下电影的走向：尝试重新定义母亲，但还是回归生理母亲；尝试重新双亲，但还是恋母情结的不恋母了、母爱回归男性；一群女性的遗孀在召唤着失落的男性。阿莫多瓦说出来的是“历史不会被篡改”，但他隐晦的反思却也是“传统不会消失”。“拥抱传统吧，就像拥抱母性的本能一样”这也许是阿莫多瓦最深处涌动的一个不敢言说的念头。
蛮温暖的，不过两个嵌套在一起的故事没什么关系。
布景精致色彩艳丽亦如戏剧性的剧情 配乐情绪也跳跃 双女主能发展出肉体感情在我意料之外 很喜欢这种奇妙的相遇 把人们相连的羁绊 新生命降临是两位母亲不再平行的交叉点 阴差阳错后便有了双倍的爱 真相的声音是亲人的呼唤 终会落叶归根
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