The Reader.
The Reader is a lonely and unforgiving story of a boy who falls in love with a woman more than twice his age and never stops loving her even after she leaves unexpectedly. They have a heated summer long affair where they make love and he reads to her. Their pride is too strong to help themselves; he is afraid to be with her and she is afraid to admit her ability to read and write. The story starts out slow with flashbacks to how they met and how they crossed paths after being apart for years and picks up over halfway through. This isnt an uplifting movie, but it is wonderful. I didnt know what to think when the movie ended so I sat there trying to make sense of what I just saw. The Reader touches you at the core. Kate Winslet is iconic, a performance equal if not greater than her's in Revolutionary Road. She has really opened my eyes.