*SPOILERS* this is a great movie, i just wish there were more of it. it tells the story of two girls, one from the 1940's, one from 50 years later, each of whom has their lover die in an accident. claire (the modern one) comes to the island with her mother after her boy friend died in a motorcycle accident -claire was driving. she meets a cranky and bitter older woman, celia, who tells her the tale of "silly" a girl who loved the sea and fishing. silly was born the first baby of fishing season, and was the baby chosen by the curse that rests on the island. every fifty years all the fish leave the island b/c of a curse that two viking lovers who drowned put on it for revenge for their deaths. every one on the island starves until one of two young lovers dies- leaving the one left to mourn (eternal sorrow as tribute to the curse)- this has happened for over 500 years. silly's mother made her promise never to go near the water, and the fish do leave. an admiral and his family come to the island with the idea of putting a naval base there. silly and the only son james fall in love and of course every one else wants to pull them apart. in the end, they escape by boat to elope. but silly's mothers pearls get lost over the side of the boat. as soon as james jumps in the water to get them, a storm blows up and he is drowned. back in the present, claire reads the story and by grieving for silly and james she is able at last to grieve for herself and her own loss. i rate this film-- 7 of 10 stars
if you want a happy ending don't watch if you want to cry, this is a good movie ditto if you want lovely nova scotia scenery or like kirsten dunst
final words: each of the story lines would have supported their own seperate movie and its a desperate shame that they were not seperate movies.as is though, it is mostly good and made me cry, which i hardly ever do. it left me wanting more of the story which i don't think will be likely to happen so i say go watch "Michael Collins" after this movie. there's one that will satisfy.
if you want a happy ending don't watch if you want to cry, this is a good movie ditto if you want lovely nova scotia scenery or like kirsten dunst
final words: each of the story lines would have supported their own seperate movie and its a desperate shame that they were not seperate movies.as is though, it is mostly good and made me cry, which i hardly ever do. it left me wanting more of the story which i don't think will be likely to happen so i say go watch "Michael Collins" after this movie. there's one that will satisfy.