Behind every great love is a great story.
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
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Earnest, grave, resolved and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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- The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 2004When Love Is Madness And Life a Straitjacket
Young love — the old-fashioned kind that flourished before the age of the hook-up — has always been one of the most challenging emotions to portray on the screen with any specificity. Beyond the smooches, sighs and adoring glances, how do you convey the reality of a shared, private paradise? In the strongest scenes of…
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Cast
- Ryan GoslingNoah Calhoun
- Rachel McAdamsAllie Hamilton
- Gena RowlandsOlder Allie
- James GarnerOlder Noah 'Duke'
- Joan AllenAnne Hamilton
- David ThorntonJohn Hamilton
- James MarsdenLon Hammond
- Kevin ConnollyFin
- Sam ShepardFrank Calhoun
- Starletta DuPoisNurse Esther
Crew
- Nick CassavetesDirector
- Jeremy LevenScreenplay
- Jan SardiScreenplay
- Nicholas SparksNovel
- Robert FraisseDirector of Photography
- Aaron ZigmanOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HeimEditor
- Mark JohnsonProducer
- Lynn HarrisProducer
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