The worker (not Pawel, or the guy who liked Francis)...but the other guy that was working on the house that wore glasses. What's his story? He seemed somewhat passive and sad all the time...as if someone had hurt him before. I haven't read the book, so I don't know if more is said about him or not.
Thanks in advance for replies. :)
The literature professor? We never got his story, unless it's in the book. Sorry.
shareI was wondering that maybe because he went from being a professor to working for a contractor that he sort of thought that was a step down or something and maybe he was just shy about it or something....
sharesame can be said for the other worker, the weird one.
and what happened to the fourth guy that said the same line over again, in the scene where the wall collapses?
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In the wedding scene at the end he's sitting with the Priest and chatting his head off. Betcha it's because they both speak Latin and he finally has someone to talk too!
Be nice to your kids; someday they will pick out your nursing home!
Having never seen the movie until last night, I thought the professor was being played by Kevin Kline and in the end, she'd get him talking and they'd end up together. I was wrong on both counts. Anybody else think this guy could be KK's double?
shareI never heard anybody compare him to Kevin Kline, but this actor, Valentine Pelka (he's British, actually) played John Lennon in a stage play in Edinburgh and then in Sydney, Australia, and in both venues everyone marveled at how much he resembled John Lennon, what ringers they were. I met him in Sydney. I didn't see the resemblance. Nor do I see him resembling Kevin Kline. But that's just me!
shareThat's Valetine Pelka.
(He did First Knight, Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The Pianist and had quite a few guest appearances on the Highlander TV show. He's appeared on a lot of U.K. TV.)
In real life he doesn't look much like Kevin Kline. Much shorter to begin with and lighter colored hair which isn't curly.
He wouldn't be speaking to the priest in Latin as Latin's not an oral language. Poland is a very Catholic country which has been "exporting" priests all over the world, a lot of large towns in the UK will have a Polish priest. Perhaps this priest was Polish and they were speaking their native language.
shareAfter seeing this movie many times- (It is an all time favorite) I cannot help but think these men symbolize Frances' process and aspects of herself:
1. Pawel represents- as Katherine shared about never stop living life as a child" in regenerating youth and a sense of adventure that Frances had lost. She wished to stop living life afraid- and he symbolized all that she was striving for.
2. The shaky guy was her fear. The timid, shy, uneasy, vulnerable and humble part of herself.
3. The literary guy, and also the old man with the flowers was again- the enigma that she did not know. They symbolized all the things that were the mystery. The literary guy likely was starting over in his life- same as her. He symbolized metaphorically the "rebuilding of her life." She tried to connect with him- as he did herself. The old man symbolized the unknown curiosity of the future. As she began to find herself.. i.e., the wedding scene, the literary guy began to find joy. At the very end, the future- (old man) blessed her through his greeting.
She realized she came full circle, and that is truly what the story was all about. The journey within. Facing fears, doubts, and her own vulnerability and coming out the other side.
Yes, exactly !
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