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| Letters To Juliet - 2010 |
Coming up next is 2010's "Letters To Juliet", a film that sees a woman return to Italy after a letter she wrote fifty years beforehand is answered. She sets out on a journey with her grandson and an aspiring journalist to find the man she left behind all those years ago.
The film's cast includes Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan, Gael Garcia Bernal, Franco Nero, Ashley Lilley, Oliver Platt, and Marcia DeBonis.
In the city of Verona, Italy, engaged couple Sophie and Victor are on a sort of pre-honeymoon. In reality, Victor is there for business reasons, and Sophie is just sort of tagging along. Victor goes off by himself a lot, leaving Sophie to explore the city on her own.
One day, Sophie goes to Juliet's house, where she sees women writing notes and sticking them on the wall. These are all notes asking Juliet's advice on love.
Sophie notices that the letters are collected at the end of the day. She follows the collector and finds the "Secretaries of Juliet" who reply to each letter. Sophie makes friends with them and asks to join their ranks.
While collecting the letters one day, Sophie comes across one that has remained hidden for fifty years. Intrigued, Sophie reads it and decides to take a chance and reply to its sender, who lives in England.
Astoundingly, the letter reaches the woman it was meant for. Her name is Claire, and she's come to Verona with her grandson Charlie to find a man she fell in love with but left behind in Italy fifty years ago. His name was Lorenzo Bartolini.
Sophie and Claire make a special connection, and Sophie asks if she can accompany them on their search. She's an aspiring writer and wants to write about the journey so she can submit it as her first story. Claire is more than happy to have Sophie join them, but Charlie is a bit incredulous.
And so they set out through the Italian countryside searching for every Lorenzo Bartolini they can find. The Lorenzos come in a dizzying array: from wealthy country gentlemen to those of more humble origins. None are the man that Claire is searching for.
To complicate matters, Sophie begins to have feelings for Claire's grandson, Charlie. Charlie, who was initially very prickly in regards to Sophie, reciprocates them.
Eventually, Claire gets discouraged with the search and calls it off. While driving down the road, Claire notices the name of their favorite wine and they decide to pull into the vineyard for a goodbye toast.
Little does she know that this vineyard is owned by the very Lorenzo Bartolini whom she is looking for. Lorenzo and Claire seem to pick up right where they left off.
Sophie heads back home. Her story is a hit and her editor agrees to publish it. However, things on a personal level aren't going great. She decides to break up with her fiancé over the way he puts his business first and also because she still has feelings for Charlie.
She goes back to Italy for Claire and Lorenzo's wedding, and she's also a bit nervous about seeing Charlie again. The wedding goes off without a hitch, and at the reception, Claire reads to everybody the letter which Sophie wrote in reply to the one she had written to Juliet.
A happy ending is had by all when Sophie and Charlie finally get together with Lorenzo and Claire looking on.
Cast rundown:
Amanda Seyfried............................Sophie Hall
Vanessa Redgrave..........................Claire Smith-Wyman
Christopher Egan............................Charlie Wyman
Gael Garcia Bernal..........................Victor
Franco Nero...................................Lorenzo Bartolini
Ashley Lilley...................................Patricia
Oliver Platt....................................Bobby
Marcia DeBonis..............................Lorraine
And that's it for Letters To Juliet. The "Secretaries of Juliet" are actually real. They are known as the Juliet Club, and they reply to the letters left for Juliet. They also organize events in honor of Romeo and Juliet. Lorenzo and Claire are played by real life husband and wife Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave. The two previously starred together in 1967's "Camelot" as Guinevere and Lancelot.
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