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.
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文化差异太大，实难产生共鸣。当家庭轻喜剧看的，结果平淡的过于无趣。
把潮汕上一辈的妈妈演的入木三分啊，太棒了！
一位女黑人，一句“斯密达”，一把潮汕话，将种族问题、朝鲜局势、潮汕文化糅合得那么自然，大陆爱情片自惭形秽。
泽凯妈对“外省再婚女”珊珊的抵触，似乎是潮汕人浓烈的宗族与本地意识的集中外化。语言的阻塞，制造心灵的隔膜。城市对小镇的同化，外语对方言的遗忘，又现几分文化忧患。而其本质，无非是封闭与自洽的空间生态，在面向无法掌控世界的极端畏惧与不安全感。而最终的和解，多少沾上些“延续香火”的妥协。
正常情况下，这种大妈语境的片名电影我是不会去看的。因为才女学妹（上海某大学教授）推荐，所以才不惜路迢迢从北五环外特意跑东北四环望京观影（排片很少）。观影完毕，感觉还不错。最大亮点是潮汕文化，剧情完成度也不错，演员演绎得也自然天成。总体还可以，起码能给7.5/10分吧。没去过汕头，所以看着潮汕文化很新奇，最起码满足了对这种文化的好奇心。妈妈表演得尤其可圈可点，分寸感拿捏得很到位。种草汕头，列为疫情之后出行目的地之一吧。
整个故事的灵魂人物还是妈妈啦，妈妈的演技弥补了很多电影技术上的不足，故事变得更朴实。女主虽然长得比不上明星，但也是挺耐看的，那么问题来了，长得漂亮高学历经济独立事业有成的女孩，活脱脱一现代女性模版，为什么能看得上这样的传统家庭..
潮汕宣传片？作为电影，摄影缺乏电影感。故事老套、没有情节及内在的递进，隔靴搔痒展现一些皮毛。请不要将mini版电视剧或加长版vlog投入大银幕了。
结尾手持的部分救回了中间凌乱的剪辑。后面两首插曲很赞
看完好想去潮汕走走逛逛吃吃然后了解一下是怎样的风土人情大家庭会有泽凯这样平和从容的青年，太喜欢这样写实的电影了。
据说整部电影基本上都是素人演员
好好看，好真实，在深圳的打工人看哭了至少3次。
我还看到了熟悉的深圳
剧情其实没有太多的波折，但是难得的是真诚的表达
年轻一辈的演技让人有点难顶，但老一辈演得很真实，故事乏善可陈，但是毕竟是难得的方言电影，希望以后有更多更好的
其实挺喜欢的 加一分鼓励！！
珊珊好像张碧晨啊，总觉得她下一秒就要拿起话筒“循着光照的方向 把你遗忘”
包场了。开始还担心全程听不懂会不会困，但还是很好笑很温馨很好哭的啊
还好是在电视上看而不是电影院，充满偏见思维，粗暴语言，生硬剧情，拖沓镜头。再多拍几部，看还有几个“外省”愿意嫁过来。
手机镜头的运用。
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