I truly loved seeing this movie. It was a cold Tuesday night in February. I did partake in my usual popcorn for dinner biweekly tradition and went to my favorite theater in the Lansing, Michigan area, Studio C. The experience was wonderful and the film made it even more splendid.
Three Souls Three Stories
Adele: A once young and in love dancer with a passionate marriage, beautiful little boy, and picture perfect life lost it all when she tried countless times to have another child. Each miscarriage took more and more from her until she was holding her last attempt in her arms and kissing its lifeless body. This was more than she could bare, so she did the only thing she could; stay home and take care of the child she did have. Her desire for anything else was gone and so was her marriage. After all, how could she blame him for leaving? She had no love to give. That is until years later when an escaped convict enters her life for 5 beautiful days in which she experiences love she didn't think herself capable of. She loves him and he loves her and her son. They plan an escape from her present life and are set to leave Tuesday morning. That is until the police sirens sound with their packed car still in the driveway.
Henry- With only seeing his Dad on Sundays for dinner. Henry must make up for what his Dad has abandoned. He sets his mother's tea out for her, helps her drive to the store on the rare occasion she makes it out, and does the little house work he knows how to do. He doesn't complain because it's his mother and he loves her. But Henry starts to feel there is more his mother needs than her 7th grade son taking care of her. Then Henry meets Frank, the escaped convict that will soon change him and his mother's life forever. Henry is approached by Frank at the store and ends up hosting him for Labor Day weekend. Frank soon begins to take care of Henry's mother in all the ways Henry used to but also in the ways his mother needs. This is new and scary for Henry. He likes Frank and is happy his mother is happy, but also feels he is being replaced and possibly forgotten. His faith is restored when he realizes he, along with his mother and Frank are a family in which nobody will get left behind. That is, until Henry leaves a note saying goodbye to his father. His intensions however good they were, are diminished when on their final morning before leaving for their new life is stopped by the sounds of police at their door step.
Frank- A young and in love boy goes off to war and comes back to the girl who sent him letters, the girl who waited for him. They soon marry and have a beautiful baby boy. Frank begins to see that life does not see right. His wife does not seem right, and in fact isn't. In an intense argument where Frank finds out the baby he loves is not his, he pushes his wife harder then he realizes and she hits her head then dies. At the same time his baby upstairs whom was briefly forgotten about, drowns. The law is not on his side and puts him away for over 20 years. After 18 years he finds his way out and jumps out of a hospital window after getting his appendix removed. He finds his way to a small town and into the lives of two people he soon cares deeply for. Frank spends the next 5 days in love and with hope of a future with his new family. This all comes crashing down when he hears those heart stopping words he's been fearing since his arrival. "Come out with your hands up." With no where to run and wanting to make sure nothing happens to Adele and Henry. Frank does exactly as he is told.
Will Frank go to prison? Has Adele lost the only love she would ever have again? Does Henry overcome the anguish of what he's caused his mother? Find out and see this amazing love story.
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