Word: francescas
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...front porch he encounters Francesca Johnson (Streep), who came to Iowa from italy after World War II as a war bride...
...this landscape, the two fall immediately and passionately in love. They both realize that they have become complete in each other, and yet face the most difficult choices of their lives as the week comes to a close. Ultimately, Kincaid continues on his journeys around the world and Francesca returns to her marriage. They never speak again...
...never learn about this affair while they are young. It is not until they are puzzled by the request in their mother's estate that her ashes be thrown off one the bridges that they even learn of the events of that week. It is though their reading of Francesca's journals and their discovery of some of kincaid's photographic treasures in the house that they begin to see their mother as a very different woman...
Certainly, the commitment which Francesca shows in remaining with her family even after discovering the love of her life borers on a sainthood that may be easy to find unrealistic...
...fact, the only time the movie seems to falter is when it tries too hard to teach a lesson. The description of Francesca's altruism in sacrificing her desire for her responsibility suddenly reforms her children into believing that they must look for the passion in their lives...