Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family.
As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.
Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.
The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving "wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story." It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.
弱社会处境化。在堕胎题材中，鲜少有以生殖与痛感角度去拍一个女性的社会遭遇，跟随摄影机去深入一个女性的生理结构与内心的苦痛，这显然得利于导演作为女性的存在。其实没什么好跟蒙吉比的，蒙吉身为男性导演，不可能去共情与理解怀孕女孩的生理痛苦，所以他的侧重点也就在于用摄影机制造出冰冷的影像空间，通过这个影像空间去影射堕胎女孩们的处境。拍法上来看，正发生的镜头设计并不好看，特写过于密集，整体影像空间是个体化而非整体化的，再加上画幅的比例制造出强烈的压迫感。但同时，这种被制造出来的压迫感又是真实的，隐形的痛，弥漫在闭塞的影像空间，这正是导演所追求的东西，还算前卫。
没有想到回忆录改编尽然可以拍的像青春thriller
太疼了…”An illness only happens to women and turns them into housewives”
生物性别赐予女性繁衍后代的荣誉，人类社会（父系氏族）因为保证子嗣纯洁与手握权力，让女性成为生育的奴隶
正发生的其实是过去的往事，是根据传记体小说改编，发生于上世纪六十年代初的故事。故事发生时间更早，影片却像是罗马尼亚电影《四月三周两天》的法国版本，但故事叙述、场景把控及气氛营造上，导演显然太嫩了，比蒙吉差得太远。导演只能靠暴露及血腥镜头来博出位，很多的裸体镜头其实毫无必要。从影片所叙述来看，女主的遭遇很大部分与其性格相关，她对待生活与处理问题的方式，即使不是因堕胎也会因他事而陷入重重麻烦之中。
有笑有泪，是现在环境下，非常能够让人开心一下的电影。我们，又何尝不是像电影里的人们一样？
如果不讲硬科幻因素，如果你能接受那种初级搞笑手法，这片在他自己的体系里应该是及格了。
心碎，但又很可惜，对周遭世界的描绘还是太平面了，没有进一步的发掘。但除此之外都很好，手持摄影让神经紧绷，对剧本的处理也不落俗套，比那部《纽带》不知高到哪里去了。
7.7 得了一种只有女人会得的病，堕胎如伏地魔不可直呼其名。4:3圈定人物，聚焦疼痛，虚化抹掉背景，隔绝世界，让无助故事正发生，虽然拍得不错，尺度疼度看着也大，但总觉得浅了点，苍白了点。
克制隐忍的现实主义力作 浅焦的运用得当
女性在普遍时空背景上承受的苦难
若生育与否不自由，则婚恋与否无意义
正发生水平结合现当下形势，达内兄弟变性达内姐妹，还能再拿两次金棕榈
其实有点陈词滥调，跟四月三周两天有明显的差距，但个别镜头不错，还是给4星吧
这部要和《从不，很少，有时，总是》对照着看，同一个题材，不同时代不同国家。
高高扬起头颅
拍的挺好，四比三的构图非常适合这部电影，女主困在一个逼仄的框内，难以走出。女主演的真不赖。
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