Before I comment too much on this movie let me just say one thing I am starting to see as a pattern for this time era... While I applaud the loyalty between siblings and best friends as well as the close family bonds seen in many of them... Perhaps the families are a little too close... Marrying cousins? Sheesh. I find it amazing that their family trees did not fall barren. Not to mention that amazingly they seem to have missed out at least in the movies of the health risks involved with children of such close families. I could see since it is a "Money, wealth, and power are what gives us status so we must have it." Perhaps why they kept marrying so close of kin to keep the money in the family....
Now then... I think I cried more in this movie than in some I have seen. So much tragedy. I admit it is probably great birth control as 2 of the 3 Mothers in the movie die in childbirth. There is so much betrayal and longing love in this movie.
The main characters in essence are brother and sister. The father brings home the boy and introduces him to the daughter and son he already has. He names the boy Heathcliff since he is too traumatized to speak. Heathcliff and the daughter Catherine become inseparable. So close in fact that they love each other. The brother dislikes this immensely. When their father dies the brother forces Heathcliff to be a servant. This does not stop Catherine's love.
A twist of fate will step in when Catherine and Heathcliff are harassing the neighbors, laughing at the the guy dances. Hearing them outside he releases his dogs. The dog seizes Catherine's ankle and Heathcliff hurts the dog trying to get it off her. She is brought inside the house and Heathcliff is forced to return back to the brother expecting to be flogged. Instead he gets waved off as the brother now thinks this will be good for Catherine. The Doctor will deem she cannot be moved for 5 weeks. During this time Heathcliff was instructed to stay away though he did peek in a window and see her happy. He felt betrayed.
As time passes she is still in love with Heathcliff and sending go ahead signals to the boy whose dog attacked her. He winds up asking her to marry him. She does not answer rather speaks with Heathcliff who promptly leaves. She waits for him to return.
Three years later she finally marries the boy, giving up hope that Heathcliff will return. When he does he feels betrayed and her heart aches.
This is a phenomenal movie. I truly dare not say much more in case you have not seen it. Though I would recommend you to.
In IMVU today I did not do any back projects as I got side tracked with other things. Though I did a beautiful waterfall piece:
A stone waterfall that catches in a stone basin. Perfect for inside any home or even in the garden. Let the soothing sounds of the water flowing calm you today.
See you tomorrow with "X"
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