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.
本片主要讲母女关系的变化，由开始时的低谷一路向上到终于越过了山丘，阳光普照，坚冰融化，整体的节奏保持得很好，本以为会达到快乐的彼岸，没想到结尾突然来了个无预警山洪暴发，那一刻我的心都提到嗓子眼了，只剩下祈祷。我觉得这个结局非常好，生活总是会突然给你来这么一下子，心里总是在提防在警惕，压力能不大吗？为此结局加0.5分。与《阳光普照》相比我更喜欢钟孟宏的这一部。
喜欢蓝色幕布的意象，还有隔绝牛奶温度的塑料布。总之，看完心沉沉地坠落下去，仿佛一切都会走向崩坏，“不要问我还好吗？我答应你，会好起来。”
是疫情之下必须要有的那一类电影，且不会因疫情结束而过时。结局的编排直接致敬了基耶斯洛夫斯基的《红》。无预警泄洪这事让人联想到去年河南水灾。
场景太过精致，表演形式对白台词都有些许舞台感，就像疫情隔离一样，影片和观众之间也有了距离感。稍不投入，便让我觉得整个影片节奏松散，总想帮它使上一股劲。可能吧，疫情、疾病，都是让我们使不上劲的主题，只能承受。再次谢谢编剧在片尾对主人公的善意，不然我可能会气得生病。
就 很动人的一段母女的故事，青春期少女与妈妈的恶性关系，逼到极致后 母女关系身份对调，少女一夜长大，才发现她们其实只能依靠对方。各方面设计得挺巧妙的，看得出花了心思，很喜欢前半部分的惊悚元素，and贾静雯厉害的！
王净长的很像我一个表姐
后半段女儿质问父亲那一段很有感触，我比较倾向于父母无恩论，我们来到这个世界上并不是我们想来，而是父母的一己私欲造成的（既他们想要个孩子）所以我们来了，十月怀胎、含辛茹苦也是一样（既想要孩子就必须得十月怀胎）。我并不是说我们不应该尽孝道，不感恩他们，而是这不能成为一种父母牵制孩子的枷锁。
精神分裂症的发生源于各种压力，工作上的，感情上的，亲情上的等等，压力大到无法发泄，不安和焦虑的极端表现形式就是需要住院治疗了。
比《阳光普照》弱一点点点，新冠时期的精神病+八点档单亲母女关系肥皂剧，钟孟宏一如既往写意就灵，写实就懵，实在挤不出金句后也只剩明星走秀撑场子。房屋中介那场戏格外牛逼，务必写进视听语言教科书
瀑布这个意向一般，有些牵强，其他没什么大问题。女孩在精神院看到妈妈的样子一夜长大了。
我还蛮吃钟孟宏这套的，细腻温柔丝丝入扣。以及这种级别的视听才是电影啊，很多电影真的只是长视频。
新冠带来了新现实，钟孟宏在新现实里讲了一讲被新冠掩盖住的老问题。不过，他命题作文式的创作方法，到了这一部，很明显进入了瓶颈，一直靠后天努力而欠缺灵气，让他所有作品都多少显得刻板、陈旧。角色们戴着口罩，直接拉近了电影和我的距离。
1要是全片都能维持前半部分的悬疑，2前后的翻转生硬，另贾静雯演技真好。
真的，那会儿豆瓣开分5.9，我就心想最佳影片不过如此嘛，然后我TM的就眼睁睁地看着这部电影一路涨到7.5分！之前《阳光普照》也是涨分很夸张，看来只要扩大受众群体，钟孟宏的电影很受豆瓣用户的青睐呀。电影本身，坦率讲这个故事并没有特别打动我，内在的表达似乎也很难激起我的共鸣，而且稍微有点冗长，且很多东西表达地有点儿过于直白且刻意，不过我还是要承认贾静雯是一个不错的演员，也挺喜欢看陈以文来演戏的，他真的挺有意思。另外，我看片的时候一直在台币和人民币之间进行换算来感受他们的生活水平，房价4200万折合人民币954万，房价和大陆一线城市差不多。之前室友是台湾人，经常和我慨叹台湾20年没涨工资，多少能够透过电影感受到台湾经济停滞的压力。不过这一两年疫情下，台湾相对其他经济体增速还是可以的，算是难得的机会。
【3.5】比起对家庭情感尺度的把控和对具体角色的剖析，钟孟宏这次更让我欣赏的是他抓住了蛰伏在这个故事背后的那一股无形力量。疫情时代、下一代对上一代的叛逆、男性施加给女性的伤害……一个具体个人的被摧毁与重建，背后是一群人，乃至整个社会生态的被摧毁与重建。这部电影某种程度上可以称之为华语版的《东京奏鸣曲》。
钟孟宏对于情绪细节的刻画一直很出色，被生活暴击的母女俩最后虽然淋成落汤鸡但终于平安归来。电影表达了不少理想化的善意，一个快速成长的女儿，一个好老板，一群善意的同事，一个仗义的中介，莫非钟导实在传递互助的正能量？anyway看着挺舒服的，还不乏有趣小段落，比如那个被打头的啰嗦阿伯。
配乐好舒服，一开始就吸住我了，结果没想到，这么恬静美好的音乐竟然酝酿着这么大一场风暴，不喜欢太细碎没有节奏的叙事，相比之下更喜欢阳光，起码故事更丰富
其实再对比一下《青春变形记》和《妈的全宇宙》，才强烈感觉出钟孟宏才是真的明白华人母题
英文名“The Falls”与“瀑布”一语双关，既指中产家庭的家道中落，又指罗小姐经常听见的一泻千里轰隆隆的瀑布声。瀑布、蛇、泄洪等意象／象征的使用很有文学性，乍一看略显造作生硬，但思觉失调患者的幻听、幻视、幻想等幻觉症状又为之提供了一定自洽性。戴口罩的大楼最后摘掉它阳光普照的隐喻也很惊艳。利用病人的第一人称视角，室内布景，色调，光线的变化，空间关系，几次相同／相似机位的使用，镜像的使用，来展现母亲的病症，人物关系、生活状态的反复与变化，与母女间的疏离，有点《困在时间里的父亲》的感觉。前面疫情期间被迫共处一室、居家隔离所呈现出的母女关系很有惊悚片的类型片效果。当家道逐渐中落，后面便走向静水深流的节奏，积蓄的情绪最终在结尾经由泄洪、煮饭时水满溢而浇灭炉灶打不起火而告终。贾静雯、王净的表演都不错
爸妈看春晚的背景音看完了瀑布。
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