Verona italy real life letters to juliet travelingmom. Book explains who are the volunteers whove been answering the missives for 70 years. The romantic plot twists of letters to juliet are yawningly predictable but the. I promised id meet him and run away together because my parents dont approve. But, instead, i left him waiting for me below our tree, waiting and wondering where i was. Letters to juliet sophie dreams of writing for the famous gravure new yorker, but it only works as a verifier of facts, names and dates with a boss who does not have great confidence in its means. Letters to juliet a witless ninny of a movie about italy, romantic. Letters to juliet is a nice romantic, drama movie to enjoy while getting your tuscan taste buds wet. It is the tale of sophie, a young american who travels to the city of verona, on a prehoneymoon with her fiance victor. Claire is determined to find her lorenzo, and she, charlie and sophie. Stories about love never get old, and in letters to juliet one also finds that true love is never too late.
Vanessa redgrave, who plays claire smith, also met and fell in love with an italian man decades ago. It does, and claire, now an elegant older woman played by the divine vanessa redgrave, sets out to find lorenzo with sophies help, accompanied by her reluctant and ridiculously priggish but handsome grandson charlie christopher eagan, who resents what he sees as sophies meddling and thinks the whole thing can only end in tears. Letters to juliet is a romantic comedy about a young journalist who travels to italy and answers a 50year old love letter. Sophie then sets out with claire and charlie on this seemingly impossible journey.
And juliet, and south from piazza dell erbe runs via cappello, where youll find veronas. The plot is sophia finds a love letter behind a loose rock in a wall dedicated to juliet capulet and this begins sophies journey to help the letters author, claire, find her longlost love of her life. The idea for the film was inspired by the 2006 nonfiction book letters to juliet, by lise. The movie will most likely appeal to tween and teen girls because of its message about true love. When claire is walking towards lorenzo the first time they meet in the vineyard, shots of. The writer, claire, tells juliet that she had promised lorenzo that she would run away with him, but lost her courage. When sophie is united with claire, the two women scour the tuscan countryside in an attempt to find lorenzo, encountering all manner.
So you see, when vanessa marries franco 40 years after falling in love with. Letters to juliet requires the three of them to visit the candidates in person, leading to a series of false leads and at last, of course, to the real lorenzo bartolini franco nero. There she finds a place where people write heartbreaking letters to juliet and wait for an answer. See more ideas about letters to juliet, juliet, romance movies. Sophies reply to claire letters to juliet the little. I know letters to juliet is a soppy melodrama, and i dont mind in the least. Amanda seyfried helps reunite lovers in verona the new. Sophie writes to claire, and before you can say unlikely plot contrivance claire s hunky grandson, charlie, is storming into the secretaries office to chastise sophie.
Letters to juliet soundtrack music complete song list. It is duty of the secretaries of juliet collecting these letters and respond to each of. She is the most compelling reason to see letters to juliet, which. Amanda seyfried helps reunite lovers in verona the new york. I enjoyed reading about the historical basis of the story of romeo and juliet, seeing pictures of the places where the original capulets cappelletti and montagues montecchi families lived in verona, italy, and discovering the evolution of the story as it was. What does sophies letter to claire say in letters to. The film is bookended, though, by scenes in new york, where wannabe writer. Were supposed to see sophie and charlie as juniorleague counterparts to claire and lorenzo. Letters to juliet is a 2010 american romantic comedydrama film starring amanda seyfried. Franco plays lorenzo bartolini in letters to juliet. Letters to juliet is a 2010 romantic drama starring amanda seyfried and chris egan, vanessa redgrave and franco nero.
His name was franco nero and they met on the warner brothers set of camelot in 1966. Letters to juliet 2010 official trailer amanda seyfried, gael garcia bernal movie hd duration. Inspired by the book of the same name, and filmed against the beautiful backdrop of verona, italy, the movie tells the story of how troubled young women seek advice. Sophie meets the secretaries of juliet who write back their letters. Letters to juliet the film is based on the compilation of missives that lovelorn people all over the world have written to storied starcrossed lover juliet capulet.
Apr 20, 2020 sophie, charlie, claire, lorenzo, etc. Sophie, thinking claires story might help her with her writing career and has genuine interest in the story, helps claire. A hardhearted realist would suggest that sophie help claire check out the possible lorenzo bartolinis by use of the phone, but no. It is rated pg and is recommended for kids aged 11 and older. Letters to juliet by jose rivera revisions by tim sullivan. Rent letters to juliet 2010 starring amanda seyfried and christopher egan on dvd and bluray. Claire shows up in verona with her grandson charlie chris egan, who. This book is a lovely little journey that inspired the movie, letters to juliet. The setting is verona, italy the city where romeo and juliet first met. Filming locations for letters to juliet 2010, in italy and new york. Cartas a julieta letters to juliet is an american romantic film starring amanda seyfried. Dan krijgt sophie een uitnodiging voor het huwelijk van claire en lorenzo en vliegt terug. Letters of heartbreak find some love in verona, italy.
The book was lovely i definetly desire to write to juliet. Vanessa redgrave and franco nero talk about letters to. The locations for letters to juliet around verona and tuscany provide the perfect backdrop for this endearingly chickiest of chickflicks the film is bookended, though, by scenes in new york, where wannabe writer sophie hall amanda seyfried works as a fact checker for the new yorker. A walk to remember quotes this is by far my favorite nicholas sparks book. Letters to juliet is a 2010 american romantic comedydrama film starring amanda seyfried, christopher egan, gael garcia bernal, vanessa redgrave and franco nero. Claire vanessa redgrave and lorenzo franco nero letters to juliet.
Sophie finds a love letter of an old woman, claire, hidden for 50 years between the stones of the. She is a hopeless romantic and sees the beauty and love in many things. Rent letters to juliet 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. She meets claire,the writer because claire comes to verona to find. Letters to juliet by gary winick amanda seyfried, vanessa. There is a brick wall in verona, italy, the setting for shakespeares. The magazines office, like that of every company in a hollywood movie, has great views over manhattan. Letters to juliet is rated pg for nearly one dozen exclamatory profanities and hugs and kisses by the leads as well as paintings and statues representing graphically various mild sexual liaisons and a scene at the garden of juliet where a woman and then a man caress the bare breast of the statue of juliet.
After many days of searching for the right lorenzo, they find that one is dead. Letters to juliet has a refreshingly earnest romantic charm, but it suffers from limp dialogue and an utter lack of surprises. An american girl discovers a love letter that changes her life in this. When she finds a letter that has been hidden for 50 years, she become a secretary of juliet and helps the girl find her true love. The two find out that there are many lorenzo bartolinis living in the area. Letters to juliet by jose rivera revisions by tim sullivan current revisions by will fetters 121108 summit entertainment 1630 stewart street, suite 120 santa monica, ca 90404. I love the italian setting and premise of romeo and juliet helping lovers centuries later, guiding hopeless romantics. When you think that claire will not get her happy ending but she does. Letters to juliet is an enchanting story about love of encountering. Find pronto way to dump sophie fiance, though come to think of it bernal a lot less bland than soggy egan.
Juliet s house, where every day tourists from all over the world pin their sentimental hopes, in the form of. Amanda seyfried stars in letters to juliet, a film set in contemporary verona. The idea for the film was inspired by the 2006 nonfiction book, letters to juliet, by lise friedman. Writing letters to juliet is a way to talk to someone about your deep feelings and you are better at it because you feel more confidant knowing you will not have to face the person your writing to. It is great to see that love is not just for the younger generation. It does, and claire, now an elegant older woman played by the divine vanessa redgrave, sets out to find lorenzo with sophies help, accompanied by her. Vanessa redgrave, amanda seyfried, film music books, music tv, movies showing, movies and tv. See more ideas about letters to juliet, movie quotes and chick flicks. Vanessa redgrave as claire, the girl who wrote the letter to juliet 50 years before, and is hoping to find her lorenzo. Shes reading a guide book to verona while occasionally looking down on life in the street below.
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