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.
喜欢文艺悬疑片 细节处有些不到味的 拍成这样已经非常值得一看了
挺文艺的悬疑片，画像师最近很流行啊，最后的结尾有点夸张
！真的很好看，陈默那个狗东西，活该，我的林音😭气死我了，演员都演的很好！和猎罪图鉴一个题材，和猎罪图鉴一样精彩！非常值得一看
· 镜头好看，确实有种远山淡影的朦胧感。虽然悬疑的部分不算太出彩，但浪漫至极。
典型的为反转和悬念服务的剧作方式（况且还是异常薄弱的悬念），不仅在时间线进程上做了没必要的复杂处理，还忽略了几乎所有人物的情感和发展需求，不为人物服务就是不为情感服务，就是自动的放弃了戏剧属性，把本可粘合的世界碎片变成单调的影像展览。
富有文艺气息的悬疑片，视觉氛围营造得不错。相比于中途就猜到结局，反倒是人物的行为逻辑有些难以自洽，影响了质量
情节3星
值得一看，有悬疑成分，但同时也在诉说那个年代的情怀
华语近年少有的经典，有时代的衰落，有人物的挣扎，也有舞蹈者的绝代风华，更多有流畅的剧情推动，满格的案情推理，精致的人物扮演，丰满的人物塑造，到了最后的反转，大赞
画面比剧情好 但主创们的重点歪了 中国电影如果想学《杀人回忆》请先学习犯罪类型片的故事怎么写
情节、节奏差到极点，完全对不起这种电影质感，另外很多镜头场景调度看得我太难受….最重要的是你以犯罪、悬疑为卖点，你这里面的逻辑硬伤和bug也太多了，总的来说电影太过粗糙了…
让人感到惊艳的悬疑文艺片。破案并不是这部电影的主要内容，悲伤才是它的基调，用旧案追查的形式来完美串联。节奏极好，每个角色都照顾到了，它更像是一部群像戏，17年前那些人们的悲哀和17年后的悲哀如出一撤。台词说“现在没有人会那么无私为别人了”，但是真相却进行了最彻底的驳斥，过去有时代的悲哀，但是也有难能可贵的纯粹。被轻视的画像师、一腔热血却委屈的刑警队长、被困住的舞团首席、想要摆脱旧生活的仓库管理员......交织成了远山淡影。除了剧本细腻之外，夸一下视觉，镜头调度水准非常高，后期的调色也高级，质感极佳。很久没有这么走心的文艺片了，希望除了线上以外也能登上大荧幕，它值得。
气氛营造的不错，只不过节凑太慢，而且破案过程太简单。但是也是为数不多的真心想拍好的写实悬疑类电影，给个四星鼓励！
嵌套的故事，重重的内涵，是反转，是选择，是救赎，但还缺了些《杀人回忆》那种独特的异质感。
艺术片摄制捞钱片内容配乐究极难听，空镜的摄影神中神
完成一件如此精美的作品。
编剧和导演都没意识到，影片的情节和表演，还有配乐（八十年代小城市人民剧场舞蹈节目中的《布兰登堡协奏曲》），充斥着残雪式的荒诞疏离感。这要是故意做成的效果，算颇为耐人寻味的。无奈创造者在这方面比较单纯，致使作品充满了诚意和傻气。
摄影有质感，女主也很美。题外话，队长这个角色没找到姜武来演真可惜，简直就是为他定制的一样。
虽然一早就猜到剧情了，但是整体完成度还好，风景可太美了，各位女演员也美得很有辨识度，三星半
文艺片式的悬疑片，作为小成本电影已经非常好啦，节奏很细腻，灰调的光影，私心非常喜欢这种连接陈年旧案的故事
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