Dear Nan:

I am so excited! I have my notes next to me only it is dark now. I would like to share them with you! And I am only half into the watching while taking notes!

From memory of this last viewing, Francesca was looking forward for her husband and two teenagers to leave so that she can be alone. This is before Eastwood came into the picture. She looked forward to be alone so that she can stop playing that ROLE, of wife and mother. So she can be alone with her thoughts and feelings, not having to be limited to that role. This makes me think of your role, the role of wife that is taken for granted, accommodating your husband’s comfort zone (this is only from your post above), doing for everybody else. This is your role.

And you wrote, above, that you have not been appreciated “for who I truly am”

Like Francesca, she was appreciated for being a mother and a dutiful wife but not for who she really is.

Who was Francesca? Remember she got angry at Eastwood and told him: you think I am just a simple housewife… and before he left that night he told her that she is anything but simple? He said: “Don’t kid yourself, Francesca. You are anything but simple” I think is what he said. This is one time when he saw her for what she truly was, that there was MORE to her than her role.

Hoping to get your post and will write more tomorrow! Glad you started this thread. This movie means a lot to me too and there is much, much more to get from it! This is just the beginning, what we touched on here so far.

anita