Sentences with phrase «poignant stories of love»

Distinctly expressive lines, boldly contrasting illustrations, and minimal text draw the reader into this beautifully poignant story of love, learning, and loss.

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Now the 89 - year - old, the Academy's second oldest nominee (eight days younger than Faces Places director Agnès Varda), seems to have a clear shot at his first win for his gentle and poignant treatment of André Aciman's love story Call Me by Your Name.

In his new book, You Got ta Get Bigger Dreams, he shares real life stories of late - night parties; backstage anecdotes; cross-country road - trips with his dog, Honey; and poignant memories of his life, loves, family, fellow actors, and friends.

In this often humorous, yet warmly poignant story, love and friendship, jealousy and re-discovery, career, family, and friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy) intertwine as Lester navigates the perplexing realities facing so many of us as we pursue dreams and dignity.

Wondrously inventive, funny and poignant, WALL * E is part sci - fi adventure, part cautionary fable, part satire and part love story, which may be the best and most improbable part of all.

The film, which features the extraordinary cast of Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, and Adam Sandler (exercising welcomed restraint, i.e., more «Punch Drunk Love» than «You Don't Mess with the Zohan») is a poignant, funny reflection on the stories that get told (over and over and over again) and how they sculpt who we are.

At heart, though, the story is about the deep, complex, poignant love a man has for his daughter: it's the Lolita syndrome without the lust but with every bit of the doting possessiveness.

In his Oscar - contending «Carol» score, Carter Burwell used a trio of poignant themes to convey the complexity of Todd Haynes» lesbian love story between the eponymous socialite (Cate Blanchett) and aspiring photographer Therese (Rooney Mara), both Oscar - nominated.

In perhaps the story's most poignant conceit, death turns out to be simply another circle of life where the deceased can remain and thrive so long as they are remembered by a living, breathing loved one.

Never Let Me Go is a poignant love story, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's bestselling, Booker Prize short listed novel of the same name.

Gorgeously presented, emotionally resonant, and superbly constructed, it is a subtle, poignant, and ultimately moving story of two people who start off by giving up on past loves to explore a newfound life, but instead, end up giving past lives in order to explore newfound love.

As pieces of the puzzle gradually fit together, the poignant secret of his life comes to light: a wonderful story of love, which inspired his genius and his music.

Pedro Almodóvar explores his favorite themes of love, sexuality, guilt, and destiny through the poignant story of Julieta, played to perfection by Emma Suárez (younger) and Adriana Ugarte (middle - aged), over the course of a 30 - year timespan.

Hardly a lark, «Raising Arizona» is a story of loneliness, love, legacy and regret while remaining the Coens» most poignant, humane and hilarious work yet.

«The Danish Girl» will certainly be remembered as the groundbreaking tale of a transgender journey, but it's also a beautiful and poignant love story that transcends stereotypes of gender, sexuality and romance.

A heartbreaking and poignant story about choices, country, commitments, sacrifice, and love, «Brooklyn» is a superb, luminous, and bittersweet portrayal of who we are, where we've come from, where we're going, and the places we call home.

A funny new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection.

I have always loved the short - story genre because good writers like Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, and William Trevor illustrate the complexities, contradictions, and pathos of human relationships with poignant dialogue.

A poignant, sexy and heartwarming love story set against the stark beauty of the Alaskan wilderness.

Poignant love story - the characters are real and their pain and loss is felt with every turn of the page.

Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience - and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible.

Nilsson gets the elation, the embarrassment, and the disappointment just right in this honest, poignant story of a teenager caught unawares by the transience of first love.

A bold and poignant play on the traditional story of Scheherazade in The Arabian Nights, Greenberg's tale follows Cherry and her quick - witted maid, Hero (a star - crossed couple secretly in love) through their 100 - day ploy to distract a diabolical man by regaling him with with stories so compelling that he loses track of time altogether.

A surprisingly poignant story of a family's love.

Part dysfunctional love story, part poignant exploration of the mother / daughter relationship, Jonathan Evison has crafted a bighearted novel with an endearing heroine at its center.

Part dysfunctional love story, part poignant exploration of the mother / daughter relationship, nothing is what it seems in this tale of acceptance, reexamination, forgiveness, and, ultimately, healing.

With crisp dialogue and vivid descriptions, Z delivers both a compelling love story and a poignant tale of a woman coming into her own as an artist.»

And so begins one of the most poignant and compelling love stories you will ever read... The Notebook

- Library Journal «A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, Letters From Skye gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amid the gripping panorama of a changing world — an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery.»

Enriched by flashbacks to the alluringly sad tale of Anyusha's mother, a famous Russian refusenik who died for her beliefs, The Wanting is a poignant study of the costs of extremism, but it is most satisfying as a story of characters enmeshed in their imperfect love for one another and for the heartbreakingly complex world in which that love is wrought.

Written for the general public but also very informative to all couple therapists, the poignant love story of Ben and Claire will illuminate romantic connection for all that are lucky enough to read Emotional Connection.