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The simple notion of romantic love can push people to test its viability; its resonance and ultimately the courage it takes to not play it safe and to change your life.
It’s that idea that fuels the romantic comedy 'Letters to Juliet', starring Amanda Seyfried ('Mamma Mia'), Vanessa Redgrave (six-time Academy Award nominee; and winner for 'Julia'), Christopher Egan ('Eragon'), Gael García Bernal ('The Motorcycle Diaries') and Franco Nero ('Die Hard 2').
Seyfried plays Sophie Hall, an aspiring magazine writer, who with her boyfriend Victor (Bernal) flies from New York to Italy for some much-needed romance. While Victor is off tending to some business, Sophia finds herself in the famous Verona courtyard of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet where woman from all over the world leave Juliet letters of love lost and hoped for. She discovers a 50-year-old letter written to Juliet by Claire Smith (Redgrave) searching for a young Italian who romanced her as a teen.
To Sophie’s surprise, her letter inspires Claire, now a grandmother, to travel to Verona in search of her long-lost love (Nero). Accompanied by her grandson Charlie (Egan), the threesome search all over Tuscany and discover that the courage for all of them to deal with love is not easily won.
But her impetus for embarking on her adventure is, in her mind, to further her career. Being a fact checker and wanting to be a journalist is a large leap and Sophie senses a story that will propel her career. Once she gets caught up in helping Claire with a second chance she discovers that the story she was chasing was because she was running from the stories of her life.
Release Date : 11 Jun 2010