Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Film Corner: Rocio Sanchez - The Lost Valentine


A romantic story starring some charismatic famous actors, like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Betty White or Sean Faris, among others, "The Lost Valentine" is based on James Michael Pratt's homonymous novel, previously titled “The Last Valentine”.

The opening scene of the film is a sweet old woman, Caroline (Betty White), going to a train station on Saint Valentine’s day to wait for her beloved unforgettable husband, Neil, and some memories come to her mind, many years ago, in the same place: pregnant, she is saying goodbye to her husband, a naval aviator. We can see how Caroline gives Neil a heart, which means it’s her own, for him to keep all the time, and some words are written on it: “Now you have my heart, keep it next to yours and bring it safely back to me. I will always love you. Caroline

Susan Allison (J L Hewitt), an experienced journalist who has just rejected her fiancé’s proposal, tries to speak with Caroline to hear the whole love story from her own lips. And just from this moment, Susan spends a lot of time with this woman and her grandson, Lucas (Sean Faris), a handsome smart young man.

As they have promised before, they write to each other to tell everything they do, and specially to know about her pregnancy. Every word Caroline says about their relationship is awesome, and even you can feel all that love.

Caroline gives birth to an amazing boy, and she sends a photo to her husband so that he always keeps it with him. Meanwhile, Susan and Lucas’s friendship is going increasingly better. 

Back to Caroline’s story, after some time without any news from Neil, one day she receives a letter saying that her husband is missing. Her only hope is that “missing does not mean dead”.

Every Saint Valentine’s day she goes to the train station to wait for Neil, it is like a tradition, which is why her story becomes popular.

The film deals with love and other related issues, like how long can love last? Forever? Does it depend on the lovers? Does it depend on their age? Who knows!

I really enjoyed watching this film, because, apart from the love story, it also has some awesome ideas, like risking your own life to save other people’s, or the uncertainty of knowing what happened to someone you loved, who everyone except you has forgotten. 

Sometimes the only thing we can believe in is hope, and if you strongly expect something to happen, it will.



Thanks Rocio! It's a month before St Valentine's Day but it's good to see that there are still some romantic young people like you around.