the bridges of madison county “the path of francesca johnson’s future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. while her husband and children are away at the illinois state fair in the summer of 1965, robert kincaid happens turn into the johnson farm and asks francesca for directions to roseman bridge. francesca later learns that he was in iowa on assignment from national geographic magazine. she is reluctant seeing that he’s a complete stranger and then she agrees to show him to the bridges and gradually she talks about her life from being a war-bride from Italy which sets the pace for this bittersweet and all-too-brief romance of her life. through the pain of separation from her secret love and the stark isolation she feels as the details of her life consume her, she writes her thoughts of the four-day love affair which took up three journals. the journals are found by her children after the lawyer was going over francesca’s will and all the contents which produces a key to her hope chest in the bedroom which contained some of hers and robert’s things. the message they take from the diaries is to what you what you have to do to be happy in life. after learning that robert kincaid’s cremated remains were scattered off roseman bridge and that their mother requested that she too be cremated and her ashes to be scattered off roseman bridge, the children must decide whether to honor their mother’s …
@WhiteMothsOnTheWing 90% of them don’t b/c of decisions based on fear, just like Francesca here. By the time most people are 35-40, they’ve settled into whatever is in front of them and most of what’s in front has nothing to do with that they hoped for at 20. I think she would have been a better person and parent had she left with Robert.. “Responsibility” is often used as an excuse for not taking chances. Even with the kids, a happy parent is better than a miserable one
it may be impossible for ppl love just one person in life time,but after marriage responsibility comes first…it is so moved and i love its ending. i guess she and he both made a right decision
damn clint eastwood is pretty buff for an old man.
yeah….um…you DON’T invite a man,(that you find attractive) to your house for dinner–WHEN your husband is away, and you’re not that happy…….bad combo. bad. bad.
We became engaged
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if i were a man i swear i’d be in love with this woman; well, maybe i am anyway:)
her voice is, mmm …….. nice
i find myself often quoting this…though i still haven´t got to the point of accepting i will have to leave certain dreams remain dreams… the biggest dreams … i still hope that One day, time will come…
Thank so much for posting this. One of my favorites!
god, i love this movie sooooo so much, i almost cry everytime i watch it toward the end.
ok… i just check the imdb page and this quote is there… it’s says “The old dreams were good dreams; they didn’t work out, but glad I had them.”…
english is not my mother languages, but i believe he says “the old dreams where good dreams. they didn’t work out, but is why i had them”
What is he saying at 5:00? “Your dreams where good dreams. It didn’t work out, … … ..? Can someone help me?
I love this scene. The akwardness between the two characters… excuistely carried off by Meryl and the actual story being shared. Powerful stuff!