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.
不要挥洒它，用它做点什么。
不喜欢与老头的戏份，但是女主对生活的态度让人羡慕，开放式结局也不错，两个人的情欲戏很有feel。
想像阿娜伊斯一样充满活力 但又不是火急火燎。看完觉得夏天也挺好
C'est la vie.
Anais真的好美。她的生活好像一直停不下来，她不能走只能跑，永远在奔跑的路上，她不能完成一次深入的谈话，和她对话的人总是来不及说完就被她跑掉了。像风，像夏日，像鲜艳的红，热烈，勇敢，冒冒失失，激情燃烧。“我想，如果一个人的生命中曾有过这样的激情，那他就不会再病倒。” 是的，于是Emilie出现了。爱，让Anais停下脚步，让她静静聆听。Emilie说这不是爱，是错觉。怎么会呢？
她阅读的书，撕掉的信，和她无时无刻的奔跑，都证明她认为只有接近激情，人才是活着的。为此，她才会这样的吸引人。不知为什么，莫名想起另一部叫做弗兰西丝哈的电影，这两位女主都让人，喜欢。
结尾好好 本来以为是个平平无奇的BE 最后1分钟anais👍🏻
或许换成女收藏家的女主演阿娜伊斯
铺垫有点长，女二出场后才开始好看起来。好羡慕她们是那样的自由、随性、浪漫，好喜欢这个结局，回味无穷。
阿娜伊斯是夏日，用奔跑来缓解不安，用情欲稀释虚无。“你爱的只是illusion”
56岁，拥有一切，能看透一切可还是会慌。最后的小狗闻（互相）真的撩。
也就只有法国这种启蒙运动发源地才能让理智与情感的讨论没有游离在生活之外吧。
妹子啊，咋就这么随心所欲呢？虽然不能接受但还是不反对 但还是不喜欢看这种
好久没看过这么轻盈的故事了 好像一切发生都没在发生
6.8，女主：为什么我成功勾引了一对儿，最后得到了一种挫败感......
世界上最勇敢的人，像夏日艳阳，明媚肆意又让你不会被热烫灼伤。亲吻爱人的脉搏，说出“我不同意”的瞬间非常动人。天真率性的人活出了生命最自由最蓬勃的姿态，无关风月，也令人深深着迷。
跟侯麦的风格好像哦）很爱法国电影，我每次看完一部不错的片子都好像对生活重燃热情、焕发活力，开始飞快地起身做事做手头上的工作什么的。敢于质疑、敢于争取、敢于爱那些不可能的人，叫人远观而羡之
被五十多岁那个女人深深的吸引 她说你知道的 你只是爱上了你自己的幻想 一个投射 我整个夏天都在想你 我第一次这么富有激情的工作 都是因为你 我被你吸引 但我什么都给不了你 从容 有爱 平和的讲出这么理性的一切 真希望我老了也可以变成这样的人
但是，还是特别喜欢女主的性格，充满活力疯疯癫癫敢爱敢恨。
@法文，生活里、工作上，Anais不是一个讨喜的人，但这完全不妨碍谨小慎微的我热烈又真诚地为她这样横冲直撞的热烈的生命力打动。“Cest la vie”-“我不同意”-拉着你的手进入电梯拥吻，爱情和生活都是这样，尝试、不服从、打破自己，这个镜头说她永远不会成为自己害怕的“一无是处”的人//台词挺好玩的，“每个人六七岁都应该读点叔本华”，大家都笑了//有一个被我过度解读的镜头，被她烦躁地揉成团的信纸在桌面上缓慢膨胀，是我不甘于此的野心//片子也轻盈且热烈且提醒我夏天快到了该减肥穿碎花吊带裙了
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