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.
“虽然我赌博酗酒借高利贷但拿了编剧奖（感觉一半还是孙子功劳）我仍是个好男人”，这种情节下谈电影情怀真的没太被煽到，有用迷影梗做喜剧点，最后眼泪掉给了白框里面的志村桑，以后再也看不到他主持的志村动物园了QAQ
如果真的有才华且热爱电影，我想不会那么轻易放弃电影的吧！另外剧本在伍迪艾伦的《开罗紫玫瑰》早就用过了，也没有那么惊艳了。还有这个世界上真的有如此卑微的爱吗？如果真的有，那我不会对这样的女人有任何同情的。真的有点失望……甚至这个老人除去年轻时当场记和初次做导演的紧张外，他对爱情的混账和家庭的满不负责以及友情的不屑都让我觉得电影之神不眷顾他是理所应当。
山田洋次X松竹百年纪念，迷影之作，山田导的情怀再醇厚手法再稳健也难掩整个内涵的落后于时代，看的过程既动情又想骂脏话，还好你们的时代他爹的真要过去了。
SummerIFF2021@英皇iSQUARE 男主角年轻时期和老年时期的人设的割裂感有点严重（男二倒还好），剧情拼凑感也很强，东扯一点西扯一点，此外剧情上男二还有喧宾夺主之嫌。/本片最好看的部分其实是男主年轻时在片场的故事以及对于拍电影的感悟，但是这部分的情节太少了。/结局雷人，看起来就像好女孩淑子反倒被讽刺和男主是假面夫妻，女演员园子反而是男主的真爱？（如果想表达电影是男主的真爱，大可不必用这种会导致错误解读的手法。）
老年组故事细腻度优于青年组，青年组的爱情线太薄，仅寺新完成度高，男女主火花不足，刻画不够，淑子的颜值高得衬托大明星桂圆子就普通了。寺新更像真男主，“电影之神”都由他点题，也完成了开影院的梦想，与圆山一生为友，又不越雷池一步，人生得此知己足矣。
期待一个九十多岁的老人有所创新，说明你不适合看山田洋次。
打咩虽好，如果淑子嫁的是放映师（对男主略有微词……
☆：3- 你看松竹这艘大船它又平又稳（唯一喜欢的地方是向mini theater文化致意）
故事也太直男向了，才华浪子老了才肯给善良爱人一点点糖的设定在这个时代实在已经不吃香了。但永远存在被电影拯救的人，相信胶片之间温柔的神明看到观众微小的悲喜，会露出北川景子那么美丽的笑容的。
不能放弃啊，放弃的话这辈子就废了，你爱的人跟着你受苦一辈子。故事看的很顺畅，也挺有意思。但最大的问题是这个主角设定太废了，配不上电影之神这个名字。没看出来他多爱电影。电影之神在哪里？对这个男人来说，他老婆才是他的神。所以最后结尾我虽然被感动了，但仔细想想，他为什么要死在电影里？这个升华不对吧，因为他也就写了个剧本，没拍成就tmd放弃去乡下了，然后这辈子就浑浑噩噩地过完了，没有他老婆他早死了
还是山田洋次的老配方，时间和家人。经过时间沉淀而成感情真的很沉重，重到一点一滴的感谢都令人感动。
关于人生，不是选择一条不会后悔的前路，而是在避无可避的后悔中权衡。所有关于时间的叙述都无比动人，当夕阳的余晖变成黑白的影像，当苍老的脸庞映照年轻的模样，当禁锢的银幕化作越过时间的桥梁，我们会明白所谓的后悔也会成为调剂，在苦乐参半的人生况味里品尝。如同电影，它从来不会拯救人生的无常，但在每一次苦难的时刻我们需要电影，来舒缓、疗愈我们的哀伤。
松竹一百周年纪念伍迪艾伦吧 因为迷影向渡上了一层浪漫色彩 观念实在是老套 一个传统自大自私的老男人 淑子得是多么乐于奉献的女人才能因为一个男人年轻时候的一点才气忍气吞声一辈子 忽略这些的话 爱电影的人谁还不做梦呢
赌鬼信不过，赌鬼不值得原谅。赌鬼和酒鬼都败家，而且都可能家暴。
山田洋次这回有失水准啊，挂了个这么大的片名，却根本感受不到片中角色对电影的热爱，真心热爱电影的人，怎么可能摄影老师吵两句摔了个跟头就弃影呢？这也太离谱了。另外，最后看着电影死去没什么问题，但走马灯想的不是老婆而是女明星更是让我满脸问号。
如果真的有才华且热爱电影，我想不会那么轻易放弃电影的吧！另外剧本在伍迪艾伦的《开罗紫玫瑰》早就用过了，也没有那么惊艳了。还有这个世界上真的有如此卑微的爱吗？如果真的有，那我不会对这样的女人有任何同情的。真的有点失望……甚至这个老人除去年轻时当场记和初次做导演的紧张外，他对爱情的混账和家庭的满不负责以及友情的不屑都让我觉得电影之神不眷顾他是理所应当。
山田洋次和大林宣彦之间可能隔了一百个电影之神
把过去那段单独拎出来成片就好了，菅田将晖演技又进步了呀，现实就是有的人能成为导演而有的人只能做AD啊
3.5/5
他78岁了，他活成了一个糟老头，他其实没做成梦想的事。但一个已经78岁的人，所有要求仿佛都是苛求了。
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