Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #135: Nights in Rhodante

Genre: Comedy/Comedie

Annee/Year: 2008

Format: Blu Ray

Nights in Rhodante. This movie is mainly for you ladies but it is good for all sensible souls. This movie is from director George C Wolfe (first movie not for TV) and stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane. They meet as an accidental couple on a remote summer residence during an off season tropical storm. The two meet in the most unlikely situtaion and at a point in life such that they need to reevaluate their personnal situations (personnal, family and professional sides). The chemistry is excellent and the actors play really well against each other. Really a tender movie about the unespeted good and bad turns that life can throw at you. One of my wife's preferate movie but maybe that is because she is quite partial to Richard Gere...

Nights in Rhodante. Ce film est un des films préférés de ma conjointe. Mais c'est peut-être parce qu'elle a un parti pris pour Richard Gere qui y tient un des rôles principaux avec Diane Lane. Les deux jouent un rôle de personnages d'âge moyen qui se remettent en question vers la cinquantaine: autant du côté développement personnel, familial et professionnel. Elle joue le rôle d'une mère de deux enfants, dont une adolescente difficile, qui après avoir été séparée pendant 6 mois est confrontée à la décision de revenir avec son ancien mari. Lui est un chirurgien qui s’est toujours cru aux meilleurs de son art dont une patiente est décédée accidentellement pendant l'opération. Les deux personnages se remettent en question lors d'une longue fin de semaine passée dans un chalet isolé et ou une tempête tropicale s'abat. Le film nous fait revivre ces événements qui sont les hauts et les bas que la vie nous fait vivre.

Great quotes:

Dr. Paul Flanner: We all make choices, Adrienne. You chose that life, you chose that man. Do you even remember who you really are anymore?
Adrienne Willis: Just stop it.
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Dr. Paul Flanner: What keeps you safe?
Adrienne Willis: Well, you fall in love with someone, you know... and you make a family... and you become what you think you're supposed to be. And you change and you give up certain things. Then they look at what you've got left and you wish you... I don't know, you just think maybe you shouldn't have.
Dr. Paul Flanner: Don't.
Dr. Paul Flanner: Just don't do it anymore.
Adrienne Willis: ...Huh.
...
Adrienne Willis: When Jack left me, it wasn't just our marriage ending. It was the loss of all the hopes that I'd had for the future. I tried to move on, but the world didn't seem that interested in me anymore. Then you came along, and helped me believe in myself again.
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Adrienne Willis: I know you've only ever known your father and me. And I love Jack, because he is your father. But there's another kind of love, Amanda. One that gives you the courage to be better than you are, not less than you are. One that makes you feel that anything is possible. I want you to know that you could have that. I want you to hold out for it.

Link: http://nightsinrodanthe.warnerbros.com/

Rating perso: 7.0/10