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.
印象最深刻的一句话：数学不是算数，数学是思考。重要的不是结果，而是思考的过程。
前面三分之二还不错，后三分之一生造胡说，草草收场。
就是个农民工被拐骗到黑工厂打工，反抗无能，最后同流合污的故事，对于人性多角度内心选择刻画的还是不错的，论扫黑除恶的重要性！
我一直认为，世界上只有一种英雄主义，那就是打不过就加入。很高兴终于看到一部与我观点相同的电影
男主一人靠演技撑起全片着实不容易了
大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米，奴隶和人贩子共情？其实这是一个关于选择的故事。男主时不时跳出来的道德感让我恶心，但你不能不说电影足够写实。从处女作“苏格拉底”就能感受到这个导演追求纪录的影像风格，难得的是连上一部的主演都保留了，真长情啊...
不理解评分为什么这么低。很舒适很安逸。我什么时候能够找到这样坚定简单的信仰然后为之活下去呢。
剧本一气呵成没有拖泥带水，过程也很欢乐，唯一的不足就是没有惊喜吧。
而且，对于投诚过来的数学家你大棒国也没给安排上不是，看到拿奖了就大鱼大肉安排上了，是想表达什么？只能说剧本失败，基本的合理性都没有
还以为虎头虎脑的男主会成为一个革命者，没想到背叛了自己的阶级。但他作为一个赤贫者，能受谴责吗？ 像圣保罗这样的血汗黑工，我们90年代广东某些工厂也应该存在过。还好，电影中的黑工没有被铁链锁起来。 世界如此不公，发生过无数次阶级革命，可是革命过后一切如旧，不过是换了一茬人罢了。
cliche但是 我还是被结局和erdbeermilch给🚬是不是（）或多或少都对他德存在什么幻想啊…？
你不做也会有人会做，最终，还是变成了自己讨厌的人。
自怜是一直可怕的疾病
3.5 可预见的感动 在当下这个混乱的世界和迷茫的人生阶段来看又着实获得了一些勇气 剧情展开很传统 但给选题和崔岷植的演技加半颗星
个人与资本的斗争注定是会失败的，要么与资本一起压榨，同流合污，或者成为最底层的被压榨人民，但谁能轻易放弃利益和权利。
6分。太一般了，数学问题表现得很浅薄，人物关系处理得不太自然，但老崔的演技真不是盖的。总体还算不错吧。
这次啃生肉的感觉还不错。对于数学的坚持，究竟是什么？问题摆在这里，会有不同的回答
如果是我，我该怎么做；如果是你，你该怎么做
好像一切选择都合情合理，那问题出在哪里？也许证明了老话中一个悲哀事实，我不能说。
不说片子拍摄的怎么样，最先看到都是编剧能力的成熟，对于文科生天书般的数学，角度选得挺厉害，如果我在年轻时遇到一个智者这么跟我讲欧拉定律或者钢琴演奏圆周率，我或者任何一个年轻人都一定会爱上数学！再就是创作思维一直是两边都批判批判就一定没错的，一边是数学研究服务于武器制造偏离了数学家对于研究的自由追求，到了南韩呢，数学只是为了服务考试未来找个好工作的工具。。。
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