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.
他来过，他体验过，他厌倦，他失望，他走了。
前半段的巴黎描述的真好，后半段就有点赶进度了
男主画上烟熏妆那个镜头我真的一个爆笑，导演感觉没有太多想象力，电影本身中规中矩，旁白过多甚至有偷懒的嫌疑，无奈巴尔扎克的故事太过扎实，两个半小时丝毫不觉冗长。有机会补个原著。
十分强大的剧本蓝本。
原著党骂骂咧咧表示这都改得什么玩意儿啊！好多重要情节都不对了（为了聚焦直接删除另一条大支线我也就表示理解），关键是，巴尔扎克原作的悲惨意味被大大削减，比如在整个名利场中lucien根本没有朋友最后就是被两面夹击算计翻了（初恋贵夫人根本不是啥好人），比如lucien为了给coralie买棺材而在病榻前写黄色诗歌挣钱，比如coralie的侍女为了给lucien挣回乡路费上大街卖身……原作中lucien贪慕虚荣以致越走越歪也没被表现出来，单看电影仿佛他是啥纯洁如小鹿的孩子=w= 可能这个现代改编主要意在点出两百年后的社交网络假新闻也差不多吧，但就很肤浅……只能说，男主外型选得不错=w=
今年最正统的西部片。从故事到画面，从对白到配乐，无比复古，无比传统，在这个科恩兄弟和昆汀用各种现代手法让西部片不那么西部的时代，在被政治正确绑架的好莱坞剧本陷入低能死循环的时代，《老亨利》让人重新回到约翰韦恩和伊斯特伍德纵横好莱坞时那个传奇的西部岁月。全片不仅没有黑人，甚至没有女主，剧本如主角般隐忍而克制，但该出手时绝不拖泥带水。荒凉、冷寂、写实却不沉闷、传奇而不夸张，让人重新踏上《原野奇侠》与《不可饶恕》中那块充满生死无常、人性狡诈、传说往事、宿命传承的剽悍西部大陆。
百年前的评论、炒作、诋毁等各种手段从内核与当下无异。
片如其名。空洞滥调。同意这是有声书而不是电影。
完整性比较高，对于没看过巴尔扎克幻灭的是个普及。乱入多兰可还行hhh
阶级突破后得意忘形，打回原形，忘了自己想要什么！
上承拉辛下启巴尔扎克的时代 唯美浪漫走向批判现实过程中一枚外省文学青年的跌宕史. 恰逢传媒业大发展 文学诚然还可以滋养幻想 然而在日益"现代"的巴黎 只有充当一名词汇贩子去兜售"鸭子"才能养活文字人. 贵族尚有余力豢养 大众蓬勃好奇则宣告资产阶级文艺消费降临 小报构成了比宫廷更趋丰厚的滋养土壤 然而天真青年骨子里却仍持有贵族迷思 野望进一步跃升"头衔"阶层 自然悲剧如期而至. 这本的辞格蛮有意思 19世纪法兰西戏剧风 3.5
他将停止幻想，他将开始生活，他将找到内心的力量
他来过，他体验过，他厌倦，他失望，他走了。
但看不懂人生
巴尔扎克原作的加成过大….有些场面调度倒也会闪闪发光了。男主长了一张好穷苦的脸，多兰是真的好看，两位女士看起来真的很大贵族！
还不错的小说改编，通过个人生活的沉浮，展现了时代背景中文艺媒体圈的演变，不少内容还有借古讽今的意味。
好看！虽然导演用了太多旁白有偷懒之嫌，但巴尔扎克的作品改编成电影可太优秀了！男演员也很厉害！
一些阶级鸿沟是靠努力也无法跨越的。这么多年过去了，媒体和娱乐业还是这副鸟样。内森真的好爱卢西安。
-一本书很感人？那就说它故作感伤；
我喜欢，今年目前为止看过的觉得最好的。摊牌了，我就是吃法国电影这一套
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