Letter to Juliet synopsis

( Listening 1 assignment with Ms. Leni Marlina )

 Cast :
- Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Hall
- Gael García Bernal as Victor
- Vanessa Redgrave as Claire Smith-Wyman

- Chris Egan as Charlie Wyman
- Franco Nero as Lorenzo Bartolini
- Milena Vukotic as Maria
- Luisa Ranieri as Isabell

 

( Sophie )

At the first time you read the title, you will remember about Romeo and Juliet’s love story. It is look like the story but not the same. In this movie you will see Romeo and Juliet in modern version. The story begins while Sophie (a fact checker who want to be a writer) goes to Verona, Italy, with her fiancé. Because her fiancé busy in preparing his new restaurant, Sophie go around the city alone. In this city located Juliet’s house. In this house, woman all over the world that have love problem will send a letter to Juliet. They ask Juliet to help them solve their problems by the letter.

Sophie sits in the house until early evening and most of the visitors have gone home. Before go out, she see a woman take all of the letters and put in a basket. She wonders why, so she follows the woman and found out that the woman and her friends, 4 other women, are the secretaries of Juliet. They are responsible to answer the entire letters and give advice to the woman who have sent letter to Juliet.

                                                     ( Their Searching for Lorenzo Bartolini)
                      

 At the next day, Sophie joins them to be a volunteer. When taking the letters in the Juliet’s house, she found a letter that written 50 years ago, in 1951. The letter is from Claire smith, a girl from England. Claire's parents didn't approve of them getting married so she said that they will run away together but she got scared and didn't go. Sophie replies the letter to Claire. A week after it mailed, Claire comes to Verona with her grandchildren, Charlie, to find her first love, Lorenzo. At the first time, Charlie refuses to look for Lorenzo, but he cannot let her grandma go alone. So, They -Claire, Charlie, Sophie- decide to have a trip to found Lorenzo. After a long and tired trip they meet Lorenzo in a Vineyard.

 At the end, Claire married with Lorenzo. Sophie break up with Victor, her fiancé, because he never care and seemed not love her any more. In the Claire’s wedding party, Charlie says that he loves Sophie and they promise will together forever. 

The moral value that I get from the movie is if there is a want, there is away. Never give up finding your true love. Not only for love but also for all aspect in this life we have to keep spirit and never give up. We can see that Claire effort to find her Lorenzo Bartolini , her true and first love since she is 15 years old. She always keep spirit in the trip to find Lorenzo Bartolini, she never give up until find it in a vineyard in Italy. Sophie also helps Claire and Charlie to find Bartolini. Finally she also find her true love after long waiting. so, if there is a want, there is away. At the end, I just want to say do not forget to watch this movie.