Some of the emotional relationships are destined to dimension, especially after immigration has become an undeniable thing, so that almost every family has at least one person emigrated or traveled, even temporarily in pursuit of livelihood; Here it is imperative to leave without the partner.

The two partners are faced with a difficult challenge that was not taken into account, because, as is said far from the eye, away from the heart, the heroes of those tales need to work doubly on their relations if they want to make it successful and keep the flame of love within them, or else their fate will be dry heart and soul cool.

As our cinema reveals the reality of life, in this report we will review a series of films whose heroes have lived long distance relations, some separated between the parties very large distances, others separated between the owners of times, as well as other relations separated between its partners barriers invisible but tangible, Led to a sense of distance regardless of distances.

1- Sleepless in Seattle .. No escape from love no matter how far away


A romantic American film, produced in 1993, was directed by Nora Evern, and starred in Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. The film was very successful at the time of its screening, as it was nominated to several awards including the most important Oscars, three Golden Globe and two BAFTA awards. The work also earned revenues of $ 227.8 million, out of a budget of only $ 21 million, which is of course a significant figure for this time, especially as it is a mainly romantic film.

The film tells about two strangers, living in two worlds far apart, the first is Sam, whose wife died a while ago and left him an eight-year-old son, after which the husband lives in insomnia almost constant, and a state of sadness or perhaps stillness, which makes Jonah his young son He thinks that his father needs love, so he can feel the taste of life again. He calls a radio station to tell his father’s story to the public.

The second is Annie, one of the program’s listeners, who is influenced by Sam’s tale. As a result, Annie travels from New York to Seattle in search of Sam, but fate prevents the story from being completed, so Annie returns to her hometown with disappointment among her ribs.

Annie’s friend then sends a letter to Sam with his signature. Jonah reads the letter, believing that this woman is the most desirable for his father. He travels to meet her in New York. At the same time, Annie realizes that her fiancé is not the right person for her, because she is a woman who is interested in love and then comes anything else.He decides to give her legend with Sam, that distant, beloved anonymous, a last chance, and go to meet him.There is the top of the Empire State Building re-writing their story.

2 – You’ve Got Mail .. You’ve got a new message

An American film, one of the most famous light romance films in the history of world cinema, the 1998 film, is the result of a new collaboration between director Nora Evern, the great duo Meg Ryan, and Tom Hanks.

The story of the film takes place in the late 1990s, when the Internet sensed his footsteps at home. Between us and him only a message that jumps on the screen from time to time to say: «You have received a message».

The film revolves around the young Kathleen, who owns a small library that she inherited from her mother, and tries to make her survive both at the work level and even her status as an intimate and familiar place for her clients. As for her personal life, she is engaged to an educated writer who agrees with his ideas, while writing to another young man you do not know through e-mail, as they share normal situations without any details revealing their true personalities.

There is also Joe the wealthy young man whose family owns a huge series of libraries.And their new branch faces the Kathleen Library, which affects their sales and makes them decide after the period of layoffs and the closure of the library, which creates a personal feud between Kathleen and Joe reference his ongoing competition in the work.

But what if we know that Kathleen’s correspondent is Joe? Although both do not know that, but soon discover the atmosphere of the situation, what puts him in an awkward position, on the one hand there are feelings growing between the parties, and on the other there is that hostility, what will win?



3- Message in a Bottle .. Messages sea wave flying and another threaten to be lost

American Romantic Drama, 1999, directed by Louis Mandoki, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright and Paul Newman. Her heroine is Teresa, who accidentally finds a bottle on the beach with a love letter from a man to a woman. Despite the miles and seas separating them from him, they find him.

With the resistance of his feelings and the job of Teresa, which falls in the second half of the world, she does not have to return to her homeland, but after a period of neighbor reviews himself and faces the reality of his feelings towards her, so he decides to travel to her, and there he discovers the truth of the letters and it becomes more complicated when he finds within the letters one was his wife Had written to him before her departure.

4- Serendipity .. Destiny divides us but it also brings us together

American film, a romantic drama, produced in 2001, directed by Peter Chelsom, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, the film revolves around Sarah and Jonathan, who coincidentally want to buy the same pair of gloves in a New York night shop.

The two are attracted to each other from the first glance, and when they meet by chance they decide to get to know each other and exchange phone numbers, but a fateful surprise causes the loss of numbers, and since Sarah believes in fate decides to divide in the hope of reaching the numbers again and then the meeting, if combined Fate again means that their relationship means something, and he wrote it to be completed.

While Jonathan sees this decision as absurd, he is forced to obey it, and indeed they are separated. For years, they are linked to two other people, but before they marry each other, they regain their feelings towards each other, and their untested honesty in their current relationship, prompting each to re-search for the other. Will fate help them this time? Or continue to stubbornness?



5- The Lake House .. Love knows its way well, even between two times

An American film, among romantic fantasies used in 2006, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. The director is Alejandro Agresti, the author, the script and the interviewer, David Aborn, who adapted the main idea of ​​the Korean film Il Mare, but he acted.

In this work we see two heroes separated by dimension but differently this time, because each of them belongs to a different time period, while we find the heroine lives in 2006, the hero lives in 2004, so they are able to communicate through a mailbox and write messages! When they fall in love with each other, their insistence on trying to meet at all costs doubles, led by love, the beginnings of hectic relationships, and a sincere desire to invest in this relationship that deserves to try no matter how crazy or imaginative it may seem.

6- The Time Traveler’s Wife .. Between Permanent Travel and Interval Times

An American film, a fantasy that combines drama and romance, is among romantic novels based on novels.It is based on a novel with the same title by Audrey Nevinger in her first literary work.Although the writer is hard to find a literary agent eager to promote her novel, once the The novel was published until it became a bestseller, and with time and growing editions, it drew attention to be highlighted on television and radio, before being processed cinematic, and turned into a film in 2009.

The film was directed by Robert Schentke, while starring Rachel Mac-Adams and Eric Bana, and although it is a romantic film on the one hand, and on the other on the idea of ​​time travel that attracts only a limited segment of the public, it succeeded in achieving revenues exceeding 100 million Dollars.

The story of the work revolves around Henry, who works as a librarian in Chicago, and at the same time has a rare genetic disease that makes it pass through time to the past and the future involuntarily. Clary, who makes paper sculptures, meets the two and falls in love.This is the first time he has met Henry Clary, but he is surprised to know him well because he visited her as a child during his travels through the past.

With time, the relationship develops and culminates in marriage, but the issue of Henry’s continued travel through time affects the relationship, as the lack of communication and distances between the spouses becomes a burden and a cause of constant pain in the heart of the wife, especially after becoming a mother, while growing anxiety and fear of her husband’s death during one of these Travel.

7- Mary and Max .. Age difference is not a hindrance

An Australian drama based on a true story, one of a few romantic animated films, released in 2009, was written and directed by Adam Elliott.Although he belongs to the cartoon category, it fits adults more, especially since his story is purely a black comedy. The film was so successful at the time of its screening that it ranked 179th on the IMDb list of the 250 best films in the history of world cinema, as well as winning the best animated film of the year at more than one festival.

The film is set in 1976 between two heroes: the first is Mary, an eight-year-old Australian girl, suffering from ostracism and loneliness for many reasons, the most important of which is the poverty of her family, and a large mole on her forehead that makes her feel ugly, which makes her stay away from anyone of her age because of her lack of self-confidence. One side and bullying others from another. The third hero is Max, an American man in his 40s who suffers from obesity and panic attacks alongside a severe unit.

One day, Mary decides to choose a random person to correspond with in order to talk to someone who does not know about her world, her dreams, her fears, and everything that runs through her mind. However, they soon succeed in changing their perception of life and motivating them to get out of the cocoon, which they are locking themselves in, having found support and support in each other.

8- Going the Distance .. Some relationships are worth a bet

American film, romantic comedy, 2010, starring Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Christina Applegate, and Jason Sodex. It revolves around Irene, who has only six weeks before she finishes training in a New York newspaper, and returns to San Francisco, so when she meets Garrett, who soon admires her despite being just out of another romance.

By the end of the six weeks, the relationship between Irene and Garrett has evolved, moving from admiration to love, and despite the objection of many around them to the relationship and bet on its failure, they insist on continuing together even after the departure of Irene to her town, to see throughout the work how they try Preserving the feelings generated between them, sometimes by contacting each other, and sometimes by traveling between the two countries to meet.

9 – Dear John .. The loss of lives can be recovered in love, not war

The film begins in 2001, when we see a love story that arises between John the US soldier and Savanna the kind and generous girl who lives in his hometown. This story is born during John’s holiday, after which he returns to the army, but after he was associated with Savannah, they began to exchange letters, which give John Hope and make him able to withstand the hope of ending his service, and return to his hometown and marry his beloved.

Days before the end of John’s service, the events of September 11, 2011, which requires John to extend his tenure, forcing him to stay away from Savannah for several years as he is sent to Afghanistan, and for two years correspondence between the two lovers, before it is interrupted Savannah’s letters suddenly, and then after a while she is sent to tell him that she was engaged, which turns John’s life upside down, and events continue.

The film is based on a story of the same title by author Nicholas Spark, whose many stories have turned into romantic films, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. His budget did not exceed 25 million, which is expected especially with the release of the film in conjunction with Valentine’s Day.

10- One Day .. Friendship is also influenced by distances

A US-British co-production, a romantic drama released in 2011, is based on a novel of the same title that was bestseller at the time of its publication, written by David Nichols, and the script and dialogue of the film as well, starring Flan Hathaway, and Jim Sturges.

The film is about Emma and Dexter, who meet for the first time on July 15, 1988, the day of their graduation from the university, the same day their friendship begins years later, despite the huge contradiction between their characters and the distances between them, as they are keen To communicate by telephone and in writing from time to time, besides their annual interview on the same day of July 15 each year.

The film takes us on a journey in which we trace that relationship from 1988 to 2011, witnessing how they diverge and converge, and how fate experiences them more than once, especially when that friendship is put to the test, either to turn into love or die and end.

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