Sentences with phrase «tender story of love»

An emotionally charged coming - of - age novel, Tell the Wolves I'm Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again.

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (528 pages) You don't have to like baseball to savor Chad Harbach's sumptuous debut novel, a wise and tender story of love and friendship, ambition and the cruelty of dashed dreams, featuring an appealing cast of characters.

Book: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Sport: Baseball at a small Midwestern college Reviewer's verdict: «You don't have to like baseball to savor Chad Harbach's sumptuous debut novel, a wise and tender story of love and friendship, ambition and the cruelty of dashed dreams, featuring an appealing cast of characters.»

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Deepa Mehta's tender, passionate and controversial love story of two Indian women torn between their devotion to duty and their desire for love and companionship.

So begins the tender and tempestuous love story of «Phantom Thread,» which is at once a darkly romantic comedy of manners and a transporting invitation to a bygone world.

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Set in the»60s, that halcyon era of political action and cultural definition evoked in Sayles» first film, this story of an ambitious Jewish high school student's affair with a dapper Italian - American petty criminal renders assimilationist concerns through the tender prism of a love story.

A tender story of (then) modern love, it was Allen's first onscreen appearance that was not slapstick, and an important part of his story.

Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.

The story is filled with all sorts of funny and tender moments, from the disastrous school camping trip, the awkward misunderstanding at a love hotel to helping Yukiko realize her dreams of creating a future outside of running a hotel.

Apichatpong's Tropical Malady (2004) chronicles the tender romance that blossoms between two young men in the Thai countryside, then plunges into the jungle where their love story is reconfigured as the tale of a hunter's search for a legendary tiger.

A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disabilLOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disabillove, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.

Directed by: Tom Hooper Written by: Lucinda Coxon Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard and more Synopsis: Inspired by the true story of Danish artists Lili Elbe and her wife Gerda, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change?

A filmmaker with an energy funneled into the small, quieter moments, Lovesong should be a tender and intimate look at a love story and the oftentimes tragic nature of «what if's».

Moonlight is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Bright Star UK / Australia / France, 2009, 35 mm, 119m Campion's latest feature film is a quietly tender love story as well as a devastating portrait of an artist beset by tragedy.

Alternately ferocious and tender, mundane and terrifying, it's the most perverse of love stories and Kastle directs the toxic tale as if off the pages of «True Detective» and accompanied by the startling flashbulb - bright photography by Weegee.

This film treats 17 - year - old Simon Spier's quest for love and self - acceptance with the tender, timeless, Hollywood touch of John Hughes: It's a classic story of a first crush made groundbreaking by centering on a closeted gay kid.

The film becomes a biting critique of American culture in 1960s, a heist picture, a tale of Cold War - era espionage, a monster movie, a fairy tale, and, perhaps above all else, a tender love story between two unlikely lovers.

Brigsby Bear is one of the more original movies I've seen in the past decade but it positively recalls Be Kind Rewind and The Disaster Artist in its loving, underlyingly tender portrayal of how we tell and re-tell stories as a way of trying to understand a confusing and complicated world and be understood.

But, as tender as its story of first love may be, as gorgeous as its northern Italian setting and Sufjan Stevens score turned out, and as well as its main characters Elio and Oliver were cast, there's always room for improvement.

It really is just a beautiful, tender story of first love between two men.

We picture a tender, real - life love story of a recovering alcoholic who feared he would be alone for the rest of his life and meeting a strong, lovely woman named Chaz, who turns his whole world upside - down.

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) may sound like a one - joke contrivance — a rich, generous, arts - loving heiress in 1940s New York City gives private recitals to a select group of high society insiders who never let on to the oblivious woman that she is quite possibly the worst singer to ever trod a stage — but it is both a true story and an unexpectedly tender, touching movie.

Throw in a tender performance from the excellent Elizabeth Banks, providing one of the better love stories in a year full of them, and Bill Pohlad's first feature deftly overcomes the limitations of its genre.

In the seductively wonderful Weekend (2011, Peccadillo, 18), writer - director Andrew Haigh and leading players Tom Cullen and Chris New evoke an emerging love story that blends the tender uncertainties of Before Sunrise with the goofiness of Gregory's Girl and fragments of the sexual frankness (verbally at least) of Taxi zum Klo.

A tender story of young love complicated by long distances, as one half of this perfect couple overstays her visa to indulge her passion for the other half.

Less of an «opposites attract» story than one about the very real scars most people carry in the name of love, Knight's novel explores the tender, often uncomfortable territory of life post-loss.

Recipes spice up this tender, kisses - only story of love remembered and love beginning to grow.

Inspired by over two hundred and fifty documented accounts of the women who fought in the Civil War while disguised as men, I Shall Be Near To You is the intimate story, in Rosetta's powerful and gorgeous voice, of the drama of marriage, one woman's amazing exploits, and the tender love story that can unfold when two partners face life's challenges side by side.

The stories in this collection are heartbreaking and tender, focusing on the faults of love and memory.

An achingly tender story about the enduring power of love.

The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever.

- Pat Conroy, author of South of Broad «This is a tender, powerful, and deeply satisfying story about the universal quest for love, forgiveness, belonging, and family.

Told from the perspectives of Zoe, Max and Vanessa, the story takes beautiful shape as Zoe's loving but troubled relationship with Max falls apart and her tender one with Vanessa begins.

«A tender love story in the form of a tense courtroom drama, Sandrine's Case is mystery, metaphor, and morality wrapped together in a nifty package, a chance to observe grace (or treachery) under pressure.

The story is filled with all sorts of funny and tender moments, from the disastrous school camping trip, the awkward misunderstanding at a love hotel to helping Yukiko realize her dreams of creating a future outside of running a hotel.

is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Moonlight is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

In these drawings that are tender and erotic with hints of violence, the artist renders the story of Venus, the goddess of love, and her tragic passion for the handsome youth Adonis in her singularly expressive ink wash.

In these drawings — tender and erotic with hints of violence — the artist renders the story of Venus, the goddess of love, and her tragic passion for the handsome youth Adonis in her singularly expressive ink wash.