All That Heaven Allows

I don't know what has got into me. I spent the morning watching 1955 "All That Heaven Allows". I watched this movie from the beginning till the end. Something really attracted me to this movie. The main casts - Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson.

It is brilliant. Nothing really is that complicated as far as the plot is concerned - a mature woman who falls in love with her young gardener. This woman happens to be an elitist, and highly regarded in the society. So you can pretty much guess what happens next. Then there is a struggle to get the gardener to be accepted by the town, the country club, even the worst - her kids.

She, in the end, gives up the relationship after weighing the consequences esp when her kids leave her behind due to embarrassment of their mother marrying some, not only her age, but less of a class compared to their own. Until the Christmas holiday when her children come home with news that they are moving on - the daughter has been proposed to, and the son is moving on to France.

Then she realises - everyone, including her kids is SIMPLY protecting their own interest and their own interest alone - the rest will become second in the priority list. Unlike her, when she turns her back on love, the man she loves and instead she chooses her family. She could have been selfish and goes ahead what happiness is to her.

At that very moment, she realises she must protect and seize her own happiness. The ending? I guess I will leave it to you to watch it. Haha. I don't want to spoil the fun. As if... Haha

There is one line that keeps repeating in my head - "He is the one that gives no importance to the unimportant"