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.
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。
Avant-Première# 物是人非，黄粱梦一场。就像滑过指尖的烟，就像穿梭过纸醉金迷间，就像草草下葬的尸体，就像水消失在水中。PS：多兰真是小天使，偷偷观察Lucien的眼神，就像视奸某人的你，最后也只有他还留在Lucien身边，很抓马了。PPS：Lucien的字，我的眼睛舒服了。PPPS：没想到映后还有En présence du réalisateur，导演大谈特谈让我想最近补补巴尔扎克了…
两个人大笑着，Lucien接着说：
讲的是一个年轻的外省诗人随贵妇情人进入巴黎、被丢下于是转行做小报记者、借助各路朋友敌人摸爬滚打逐渐声名鹊起、企图重新获得贵族头衔最终彻底幻灭的经历。
海明威说巴黎是一席流动盛宴，这个片子实在是把巴黎纸醉金迷、浮动的欲望展现出来了。上一个让我惊艳的复古质感的电影是巴里林登。台词功底还是得益于巴尔扎克了？
“你可以从长处上去挑毛病，向来是机智的做法。”
许知远在2014年就把当时中国和18世纪的法国类比。都是新的传播媒介刚刚发明，信息爆炸。一边是印刷术，另一边是互联网。都是新媒体出现后鱼龙混杂，众生喧哗。但是巴尔扎克的出现后把文字拯救，把世间描绘。留下了《人间喜剧》。中国的巴尔扎克在哪里?
不愧是巴尔扎克，但旁白是不是有点多余…（意思是旁白好在巴尔扎克写的绝，但念出来意味着电影没拍出来
卢西安不是马丁伊登，马丁伊登成功后不知所措，卢西安成功后找到自我的支点和意义。然而庶出的贵族身份，就是卢西安的枷锁和宿命。在平民泥潭和贵族沙龙间里外不是人。卢西安幻灭后才不知所措。否定了他的文字，他也没有生存意义。
我是抱着一本法语小词典看完这部电影的，因为只有法语字幕。我的法语没有英语好，但是我喜欢法语，我喜欢这部电影，我为这场幻灭喜悦和落泪。
改编得很棒，唯一的不足是旁白太多，打扰我对剧情的主动思考了…
服化道太差了，把当时巴黎上流社会拍的太寒酸了
我们何必为生命的片段而哭泣，我们的整个人生都催人泪下。
其实多兰演得不错，没有拿凯撒奖最佳男配很可惜。女配演男主老婆的有点弱。
Un film emportant, empalent, éblouissant de la mise en scène tout en ayant une voix musicale, remarquable. L’adaptation est à la fois moderne et historique. Une densité narrative est également incroyable. Bref, un film ambitieux, luxueux, poignant.
曾几何时，
好的故事，今时今日依然如是，可见其经典，人类进步真缓慢。男女主的表演差了些，其它完成中规中矩。
“在野心勃勃的世界里，吕西安算什么呢？一个为了追逐享乐的孩子，为这些输掉了一切，飞蛾扑火一般，做了环境的奴隶”。小说原著体量太大了，两个小时还是很匆忙，解说太多了，没有靠镜头把吕西安一步步走入良知泯灭的过程刻画的很好，在邪恶自成一体疯狂狂奔的时代，可惜他没有作恶的绝决到底的能力，也没有坚持自己信仰的能力，最后骑墙难下。有一个镜头演得好好，当他得知书籍和新闻的销量全靠贵族和商人的御用文人以及见人咬人的流氓文人统治的时候，他疑惑不解地问了一句：“那文学呢？” 天真从那一刻之后就不复存在了，黑白颠倒，是是非非都不重要，重要的是钱，毕竟，在巴黎，连永恒的安眠都需要的是钱。19世纪的小说拍的过来都挺好看的。
Allociné的评分还挺高的，电影院看的我觉得也还ok。就是正片2h30，无数次我都在走神，但是不妨碍get故事情节。剧院 记者 贵族 很多主题可以挖一挖！
好多熟面孔，包括été 85的男主。故事没有太多新意，但相关的历史背景还是蛮有意思的。
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