Classical "Love Story" (Ali MacGraw and Ryan O Neil)

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Last nite a friend and i looked at the classic and beautiful movie "Love Story", a huge hit when it came out in the 1970s- it´s set in the tumultuous period of the sexual revolution, student protests, opposition to the Vietnam war, questioning of conventional moral codes etc. A beautiful story of a couple who is in love and gets married despite opposition from the guy´s super wealthy, famous and intellectually loaded family. He breaks off all contact with his parents and the young couple struggle to make ends meet. the girl, Jenny, sacrifices her dream of Paris and her studies to work and maintain her husband while he struggles to climb the law ladder.. they soon discover that Jenny is dying from leukemia and well she has very little time left... Apart from some extraordinary scenes and a beautiful script as well as rewarding character development of both protagonists, the film has a haunting musical piece chosen by Francis Lai. then there is the motif of "love means never having to say youré sorry" which is also quite powerful in the film.. I also liked the character Jenny and her stubborn, sincere and sarcastic attitude to life and love. i like the part when she tells her husband Ollie that she also likes his name and the numeral attached to it and that its part of who he is...which is conciliated in the end when he tells the doctors that he is a millionaire and returns to his father, with respect but maintaining his rebeliious truthful stance, asking for a loan and not giving even the reason for his request... it was also lovely to see how he keeps the memory and character of his wife alive, when he tells his father who discovers the wife´s ilness that "love means never having to say youré sorry".something that crossed my mind today though was how much women in general sacrifice for the ones they loved. in the movie, it is rewarded and equally compensated by a loving wonderful husband. in real life though, i know too mnay cases of women who abandon their own self and plans to help their husbands and all they get in return is infidelity, harsh remarks, ungratefulness etc... i know its unfair to generalise but it seems to be a growing phenomenon... anyway, at least we have movies like this classic to give us hope and enjoy a beautiful, evasive love story to the very end...