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The Plot:

While picking up his son and daughter for a weekend visit, Jack (Christopher Meloni) tells his estranged wife Adrienne (Diane Lane) that he wants to move back home. Adrienne says she needs time and space to think. It is made clear that Jack left his family for another woman.

Adrienne drives to Rodanthe, North Carolina to a friend’s bed and breakfast for the weekend. The house is rustic, romantic and right on the beach.

There is only one guest for the weekend, Paul (Richard Gere), a surgeon who arrives at the inn with his own emotional baggage. He has flashbacks of a surgery which ended tragically. The family of the patient is suing him.

A storm moves in and the two team up to protect the inn. They dine together, share stories and eventually turn to each other for emotional comfort. A tender romance starts.

With Adrienne’s help, Paul faces the patient’s family and in doing so faces his own pain. The affection and love she shares with Paul renews Adrienne’s self-worth and confidence.

Paul leaves Rodanthe to fly to South America, where his estranged son Mark (James Franco) lives and practices medicine. Paul carries guilt for passing up a relationship with his son in favor of his career.

Adrienne and Paul exchange letters, longing to be with each other. A reunion was not meant to be. We learn that during a disaster, the hospital where Paul worked was destroyed and he was killed. Paul’s son goes to visit Adrienne and thanks her for “giving me back my father.”

Whew. Another Nicholas Sparks’ heart wrenching novel. I haven’t read this book. But when I first saw the excerpt of this movie, I was captivated. I really would want to watch the movie. Thanks to my best friend Jorich who provided me a DVD to watch.

The setting of the movie was great which was in Rodanthe I suppose. The inn where they spent their nights was just spectacular. It looks small in the front view but if you look at it from all angles it’s just amazing. It also looks like the palace in Little Mermaid 2 where in the sea water is just about to touch the stairs.

But the part which really broke my heart was when Paul (Richard Gere) died because of the mudslide trying to save the important medications/vaccines to help many people. It was funny cos’ it’s as if I was Adrienne (Diane Lane). I really got emotional. I was about to cry but I didn’t.

I really love the movie.

And yeah. I applied what Adrienne had said to the husband of the lady who died because of the surgery. “I’m sorry for your loss”, instead of saying “condolence”. A friend of mine who is a priest and is now in Texas just lost his mother last month. He went home here in Philippines to attend her burial. And that’s what I said to him cos’ I didn’t know what to say. Good thing I watched this movie.

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