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.
从现在的角度一步步回看从前，阐述了“我们是怎样变成今天的我们”，也曾经想过穿上披风去做超级英雄，长大却不得不接受成为普通人的现实，比起从一开始讲如何走到现在，回头看反而更让人觉得心酸，年轻真好
小说原著党，看预告片就已经很期待了。不知道为什么森山未来和伊藤沙莉的sp感好强….刚好两位都是我喜欢的演员。电影氛围掌握得很好，相比《花束》果然还是这种风格我更能接受。算是今年最喜欢的电影了。过几年再回头看一遍，应该会有更深的感触吧。
真的，很普通呢。
君の体にも成仏していない言葉が詰まってるよ
日本的爱情片总是讲这普通人的平凡故事，讲着我们是如何从有着凌云志的小松委身成一丛一簇一株小灌木的过程。片子用了倒叙的方式让故事更扎心了些。。。
自恋自怜的典型男性视角，失去的初恋充满灵性的弧光，但实际上不过是一个男主角用以哀悼的工具人。外在温柔内心冷漠，自私又无能的男主角，与被过度文学化的初恋形象，整部电影好做作啊……
我们交过形形色色的人，见过林林总总的光影，有过千奇百怪的心情，但当过往的片段如跑马灯在脑海里掠过，我们却只想停留在某一个定格。
3.5前面的时间线有点乱，到后面渐入佳境…同性之爱的刻画就有点刻意了
如果我也度过了很棒的一天，会很想被困在那一天。
深陷在过去，所以无法长大。几个配角戏份不多，但是都令人映像深刻
21岁的我像他一样，希望40岁的我不要像他一样。
前半段昏昏欲睡 后面青春爱情开始有趣 结尾的奔跑和回忆杀不错。导演很细腻，但节奏有点太缓慢了。
过去的不管是喜悦还是沉重都是虚无再怎么往后看都是浪费时间没有任何意义，move on之后的自己才是真实的。
喜欢他坐着出租车路过曾经去过的地方，看到过去的自己的那些镜头
看到三分之一才看懂它的時間線，是「我們都無法成為大人」沒錯，但不是我想像中的那種，雖然但是，那個星空房間真的好漂亮啊。
很适合现在的我观看。究竟要如何接受自己的普通。“搭上计程车回到现实吧”，可是计程车上又放起了曾经的歌。
当一个皮肤松弛、胡子拉碴的中年大叔突然感慨“我们无法成为大人”的时候你会什么感觉
在佐藤视角勾串出支离破碎般的故事，虽然紧扣了主题，并且这个人物也算是丰富有层次，但看完后可能不满足于只是男主视角，想要看到香后来如何了，因为香这个人物其实是很有代入感和共情的，所以自然而然也会比较关心女生那边，但并未展现。其实从原本电影来说也是能够理解，但总觉得少了些什么。
仿佛花束般的恋爱+桃花期混杂。
最近在清片单。看了前五分钟，这个镜头叙事我接受不了。
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