Letters to Juliet

Letters to Juliet

Introductions

Directed by Gary Winick

Produced by

·         Caroline Kaplan

·         Ellen Barkin

·         Mark Canton

Written by

·         José Rivera

·         Tim Sullivan

Starring :

·         Amanda Seyfried

·         Christopher Egan

·         Vanessa Redgrave

·         Gael García Bernal

·         Franco Nero

Music by Andrea Guerra

Cinematography : Marco Pontecorvo

Editing by Bill Pankow

Distributed by Summit Entertainment

Release dates May 14, 2010

Running time : 105 minutes

Country : United States, Italy

Language : English, Italian

Characters

• Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Hall, a fact checker living in New York.
• Christopher Egan as Charlie Wyman, Claire's grandson, who has troubles coming to terms with his grandmother loving anyone other than his late grandfather.
• Vanessa Redgrave as Claire Smith-Wyman, the girl who wrote the letter to Juliet 50 years ago, and is hoping to find her Lorenzo.
• Franco Nero as Lorenzo Bartolini, Claire's love interest.
• Gael García Bernal as Victor, Sophie's chef fiancé who is easily preoccupied with anything having to do with food, cooking, and the opening of his restaurant.
• Luisa Ranieri as Isabella, the most important of the four original Juliet's secretaries in the film and a friend of Sophie's.
• Marina Massironi as Francesca, one of Juliet's secretaries.
• Lidia Biondi as Donatella, one of Juliet's secretaries.
• Milena Vukotic as Maria, one of Juliet's secretaries.
• Oliver Platt as Bobby, the editor of The New Yorker who wants Sophie to remain a fact-checker.
• Daniel Baldock as Lorenzo Jr., the older of Lorenzo's sons.
• Stefano Guerrini as Lorenzo III, grandson of Lorenzo.
• Ashley Lilley as Patricia, Charlie's cousin
• Luisa De Santis as Angelina, Isabella's mother.

Synopsis

Sophie Hall is a young American woman who works for The New Yorker as a fact checker. She asks her boss, if, while she is in Italy on a pre-honeymoon with her fiancé, Victor, if she could write while she is away, and potentially have something published in the magazine. Her boss shoots her down, telling her that she is already so good at her job and that he needs fact checkers like her, and she leaves work disappointed.

She goes on her pre-honeymoon with her chef fiancé Victor, to Verona, Italy. Victor is unmoved by the romance of Italy and uses his time to research his soon-to-open restaurant, often neglecting Sophie, much to her consternation. Sophie accidentally discovers an unanswered "letter to Juliet" by an English woman named Claire Smith from 1957, one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard that are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet". She answers it and within a week the now elderly Claire arrives in Verona with her handsome yet priggish barrister grandson Charlie. Claire and Sophie take an instant liking to each other, but Charlie and Sophie do not get along at first, for he feels as if Sophie is intruding on their lives and that his grandmother's soul-mate was his grandfather, and not her long-lost-lover.

On the morning in their last day of searching for Lorenzo. Sophie is shocked when Claire tells her to sit in the front with Charlie, and Claire does all the talking on the drive, while Sophie and Charlie maintain an awkward silence with one another. On a whim, Claire points out a vineyard to Charlie and asks if he could stop so they can have a farewell drink for Sophie, as the wine was hers and Lorenzo's favorite. As Charlie drives down the road, Claire sees a young man who looks exactly like her Lorenzo, and commands Charlie to stop the car.

Parts of Paragraph

Introduction : Sophie accidentally discovers an unanswered "letter to Juliet" by an English woman named Claire Smith from 1957.

Climax : at that moment, Lorenzo comes riding in dramatically on his horse, Claire walks towards him, and they both say that it has been many years.

Resolution : Charlie comes out to find Sophie, who by this time is standing in one of the balconies of Lorenzo's home, and ultimately admits she loves him but tells him to go back to Patricia, and then, Charlie tells Sophie that the woman is his cousin Patricia and Sophie wonders how such a thing can be legal.

Language Expressions

Language Expressions	Meaning
I’m sorry, god i’m sorry	Sophie sad to hear Charlie’s story that he broke up with Patricia
It’s really, really, really good	Charlie read Sophie’s writing and said that Sophie’s writing is really good, and Sophie is a good writer
Yeah, i think so	Express that Charlie believe in a destiny
I’m sincerely sorry, Sophie	Charlie admit his mistake and say sorry to Sophie
It won’t happen again	Charlie promised Sophie that he’ll never make a mistake anymore
I’m so happy for you	Sophie really happy, because at the end Claire meet Lorenzo
Thank you	Claire said thank yo to Sophie , because she helps her to find Lorenzo
Oh my god	Sophie’s boss amazed by Sophie’s writing
I love you	Sophie said that she loves Charlie
I’m madly, deeply, truly, passionately in love with you	Charlie replay Sophie’s love

Moral Value

This movie teach us to never give up with our life, do the best as you can, eventhough yo think that it is too late. There’s nothing late in this world if you tried it. Sophie trusts in her abilities as a journalist, writes and submits her story, even though there was a risk it wouldn't get published. The messages center around distinguishing true everlasting love, which the movie claims will never die. There's a sweet, but not altogether reasonable message that first love never dies, no matter how many years have passed.

Comments

This is a good movie. From this movie we can learn to never give up to face this world. We can learn to never give up to find our true love, and we are never late to find it. This movie isn’t good for kids, because there are sex acts. It’s not good to watch by kids. This movie use two languages, English and Italy. I can’t understand what the character said when they speak in Italy. Actually, this is a good movie and we can apply it in our life to never give up to find what we want.

Sources

I watched this movie when i was in Senior High School at the second year, my teacher recommended me to watch this wonderful movie. In that time, i wasn’t finish yet to watch this movie. So i downloaded this movie from youtube and i watched it again. I watch this movie at the second time by myself at Sunday 30, 2014.