Letters to Juliet (2010) Poster

Vanessa Redgrave: Claire

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  • Claire : [reading out the letter written by Sophie]  Dear Claire. "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: What... if? What, if? What *if*...? I don't know how your story ended, but if what you felt then was true love, then it's never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn't it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like - a love to leave loved ones for, a love to cross oceans for - but I'd like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I'd have the courage to seize it. And, Claire, if you didn't, I hope one day that you will. All my love, Juliet.

  • Charlie : Well, wouldn't this be nice, Gran? Going from a boy who works the fields to a man who owns them. And you got to skip the messy bits.

    Claire : Life is the messy bits.

  • Claire : Charlie doesn't approve, which makes it all the more fun.

  • Charlie : [trying to convince Claire to leave]  It's been a long day.

    Claire : All right, darling, have a nice sleep.

  • Charlie : [Claire told him that Sophie's mother had deserted her at an early age]  But that's different.

    Claire : Oh, of course it is. Her mother chose to leave her. You always knew your parents loved you.

  • Claire : One of the great joys in life is having one's hair brushed.

    [Sophie closes her eyes blissfully] 

  • Claire : [about Sophie]  She's coming!

    Charlie : [sarcastically]  Oh, she's coming? Oh, *splendid!*

  • Claire : I think you understand why I'm saying you're a total idiot.

    Charlie : Okay, okay, gran. Don't sugarcoat it.

    Claire : I won't.

  • Claire : Charlie, say you're sorry.

  • Charlie : [after the trio finds the grave of a man with the same name of "Lorenzo Bertoli", Charlie wants to give up the search for Lorenzo and is accusing Sophie for putting his grandmother Claire through pain]  You're not here 'because you're some romantic who wants to believe in love lasting forever! You're here for the story. Here to see how it all ends! It doesn't matter to you if it's a happy ending or a sad ending as long as it's compelling, right? As long as there's drama.

    Sophie : You think that's true?

    Charlie : I'm just looking out for her!

    Sophie : No you're not! You're not walking away for her, you're walking away for you!

    Charlie : [angrily]  She's dealt with enough grief in her life! She's lost her husband, her daughter and her son-in-law! Now, *you* come along and set her up to lose someone she already lost fifty years ago! But why should I expect you to anything? You don't know ANYTHING about loss!

    [Sophie stares at Charile, deeply hurt. She turns and walks away] 

    Claire : [to Charlie]  You're wrong.

    Charlie : What?

    Claire : That is very wrong, Charlie. She lost her mother.

    Charlie : It's different.

    Claire : It is. Her mother *chose* to leave her. You always knew that your parents loved you.

  • Claire : He loved the earth. He loved talking to me about the rain and the springs of fresh water, and we'd walk for miles and miles. We'd lie in the dry grass. l can still remember the smell of his sweet, hot sweat and...

    Charlie : Okay. Okay, Gran. We get the picture.

  • Claire : [to Charlie]  How many Sophies do you think there are in the world? Don't wait sixty years like I did. Go, go!

  • Claire : He thinks it's a big mistake.

    Donatella : [to Charlie]  Because you don't have a romantic bone in your body.

    Charlie : No, no. lt's because l am a realist. No.

    Isabella : Because you are an Englishman!

    Maria : Cold as fish!

  • Claire : Charlie's just like my husband. Both skeptics. My husband always insisted that love was nothing but hormones. But you see, underneath, he had such a warm, passionate heart. And Charlie's just the same.

  • Charlie : You look surprised.

    Sophie : l'm so surprised. l just didn't have you pinned down as the save-humanity type at all.

    Charlie : Really? And what type did you have me pinned down for exactly?

    Sophie : Well, l was leaning towards elitist Oxford prig, but now that you mention it, self-satisfied do-gooder works, as well.

    Charlie : l guess you're a poor judge of character then.

    Claire : But she does deal with facts, Charlie.

  • Claire : [hugs Sophie]  An angel brought you to me.

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