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.
我沉醉其中，放眼望去已经无处可去，时代的轮回无可避免，万物生又万物落。
而当友人自杀后，法比安找学院教授对质，教授言不由衷说出——“拉布德为何在政治上如此直言不讳，我们需要新的秩序，事情不能再这样下去了，这种享乐主义......这种后战争时期的混乱必须被终结，凡事都有它的用处，牺牲也是，一切都必须要向好的方向发展”时，事情发展已无可挽回
在他们的闭门会议里冷酷的讨论着另一群人的命运，他们理性地讨论这群人残存的效用、苟且的心理、处理的方式，像讨论着一群待宰的羔羊。
万湖会议的会议纪要只有15页，但却决定了600万犹太人的命运。会议记录人阿道夫·艾希曼在二战后，逃到了阿根廷。当时的以色列总理本·古里安指示，必须把艾希曼带回以色列公开审判，“活的最好，死的也行”。摩萨德局长带着11个人亲赴阿根廷，有惊无险地将艾希曼“绑架”回了以色列。在3000多页的案情记录面前，艾希曼被判处有罪并被处以绞刑，算是给“万湖会议”划上了一个句号。
法比安，打开了三四次，前几次看几分钟都看不下去，好几天，才开始下决心看下去，开头的混乱，录像带般晃动的镜头，文学性的独白，夜的各种酒吧，白天的文学刊物诗歌排版，骑着自行车穿越过白天和黑夜，一个个画面从屏幕里闪出切换，“这就是生活，音乐”屏幕里的对白。和九十年代初的诗歌摇滚乐生活可以完全类比。春风沉醉的夜晚，抒情总是突如其来，文学，理想政治，那个时候年轻，可期待的未来和勇气是一切。“我亲爱的朋友，活着只是侥幸，死亡才是必然”。当然百年前德国的政治对于学术的影响在死亡面前一览无遗。而拯救带来的死亡也是必然。不会游泳的年轻人跳下河中去救落水的孩子，和普通文艺青年在现实中不好好工作想用理想和爱情填满生活一样，可笑可叹可敬吧。当然都还是在年轻的时候。
可哪怕这样，依然坚持这该死的自尊，伤痕累累。
一堂历史课。在恶魔眼中，生命只不过是一页页PPT中的kpi而已
说的都是人话
甚至强过无主之作，意识流作品，让人想起了 生命不能承受之轻
“纳粹”说纳粹是“纳粹”
Just generally a really good movie if you like independent cinema.
当作恶的链条足够长，长到里面的每一个环节都看不到两端的时候，那么他们每一个人都会觉得自己是无辜的。
这个男主太适合演这种戏了。法式落魄，都活不下去了但是好想跟你爱一场。无主之作也是一样的氛围感。劝退薪资总共250，欠房租160，都还要拿60给女友买生日礼物。两人赤身裸体去隔壁“吃大餐”太惊艳了，“今天想吃的甜品是吻，三个吻，你去准备吧”…甜蜜暴击！一直在等这漫长的三小时碎碎念，最后会给法比安一个怎样的结局。没想到如这电影一样，惊艳了一下又哦了。扑棱两下之后，连个泡也冒不出了（ps：这一段的镜头手法非常好！）
活着是侥幸，死亡才是必然。
如果不是这个结尾就好了 为什么要写死呢 哎 我恨这个编剧 墙裂推荐！！！近期看过的最好看的电影
法比安、科妮莉亚和拉布德变成了时代悲剧的具象载体
会议桌前
山雨欲来风满楼。结尾才点出纳粹二字，但实际上预兆式的疯狂早已经渗透到了日常生活当中。一切都有如预告式地走向那个我们所知的悲剧。秩序之下的恐怖，焚书时代的前兆，一个作家荒诞的死亡，不知是悲是喜。
无序、混乱、嘈杂、疯狂……你永远可以相信德国人的“自省”态度。但今天的世界貌似也没有太大的改变，历史还是在一遍遍重演。杯具。
只觉得当时的德国非常前卫，文化艺术和人民生活都远高于我们，连服饰都是我们90年代才流行的……
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