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when Ray starts to actually love Livy and vice versa


On the DVD the actors say they have trouble pinpointing the moment when love actually begins for each character. When do you think it happens?

For Ray: I think I see it in the scene at the family dinner. Livy has been complaining that all they talk about is farming, so Ray makes an effort to talk about something she's interested in. Livy reciprocates by inquiring about the planting for the coming year. Ray answers and smiles the sweetest smile almost all to himself. The fact that she made the effort to even meet him halfway I think is the point where he starts to genuinely love her.

For Livy: I think I see it in the scene where Ray takes her to his brother's grave. She finally sees what an open hearted man Ray is and it is the first time she voluntary touches him. He looks almost startled because up until then every move he made that even looked like he was going to touch her she recoiled.

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I think he fell in love with her the first day they met. I agree she started loving him when he shared about his brother

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Me too. I think Ray started to fall for her the first time he saw her. She must've been a sight to see. Very beautiful, all made up in fancy clothes, like a moviestar. Whereas everyone in the town looked very provincial compared to her classy demeanor and city intellect.

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Ray loved Livy before she even arrived. He feel in love with her and the baby when he first met them.

As far as Livy, she was in love with him already when he was hanging the yoke above the fireplace. It happened somewhere between finding the antiques and that scene. Why? Because she was sharing a laugh with him. That was the first true connection they had before the graveyard scene.

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For Livy I think it was when he said "I've been thinking about Troy, " after she made that bitchy remark about how nice it was to speak to educated people for a change. She knew she had been unkind.

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