I like this film so much! Believe me: I'm the person who has the world record of hating romantic films, but this one has really touched my heart.
I see it as a realistic kind of love story. Life and different circumstances force both lovers Santi and Diana to postpone the moment when they can be together forever. At the beginning, it looks like Santi is hooked on somebody who is much powerful and resourceful and who doesn't really need him, but as time goes by the audience can appreciate how much they love each other, no matter how different they are, how their divergent social backgrounds push them apart or whatever circumstances come in their way. Both need that love in their lives, although life being as it is, it insists in keeping them apart. Diana marries well: for her money and a good social position are part of her identity as a person, and for him, his profession is something really important: he's had to fight his way to the top, and he's not going to destroy his professional life -something he's fought so hard to have- to the rubbish bin. It's natural and it happens many times in real life: when people grow older, they mature, and many people become sadder and regretful with lost opportunities, what-could-have-been's and the grim realities of life like routine and mortgages.
Of course there are good fun moments, but the anxiety of their separation and the loss of years make both them a bit melancholic. The scene which presents John Lennon's death is tender, and it means so much for the main characters, and it's a really touching moment.
I see it as a realistic kind of love story. Life and different circumstances force both lovers Santi and Diana to postpone the moment when they can be together forever. At the beginning, it looks like Santi is hooked on somebody who is much powerful and resourceful and who doesn't really need him, but as time goes by the audience can appreciate how much they love each other, no matter how different they are, how their divergent social backgrounds push them apart or whatever circumstances come in their way. Both need that love in their lives, although life being as it is, it insists in keeping them apart. Diana marries well: for her money and a good social position are part of her identity as a person, and for him, his profession is something really important: he's had to fight his way to the top, and he's not going to destroy his professional life -something he's fought so hard to have- to the rubbish bin. It's natural and it happens many times in real life: when people grow older, they mature, and many people become sadder and regretful with lost opportunities, what-could-have-been's and the grim realities of life like routine and mortgages.
Of course there are good fun moments, but the anxiety of their separation and the loss of years make both them a bit melancholic. The scene which presents John Lennon's death is tender, and it means so much for the main characters, and it's a really touching moment.