The Bridges of Madison County Page #13

Synopsis: The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois state fair in the summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid happens turn into the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Roseman Bridge. Francesca later learns that he was in Iowa on assignment from National Geographic magazine. She is reluctant seeing that he's a complete stranger and then she agrees to show him to the bridges and gradually she talks about her life from being a war-bride from Italy which sets the pace for this bittersweet and all-too-brief romance of her life. Through the pain of separation from her secret love and the stark isolation she feels as the details of her life consume her, she writes her thoughts of the four-day love affair which took up three journals. The journals are found by her children after the lawyer was going over Francesca's will and all
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Clint Eastwood
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
1995
135 min
3,802 Views


-Sure.

861

01:
27:04,269 -- 01:27:07,579 X1:139 X2:579 Y1:435 Y2:495

I hope you don't mind my asking,

but I feeI I shouId.

862

01:
27:08,469 -- 01:27:09,788 X1:318 X2:401 Y1:474 Y2:495

What?

863

01:
27:13,869 -- 01:27:18,499 X1:112 X2:606 Y1:434 Y2:495

These women friends of yours

aII over the worId, how does it work?

864

01:
27:19,749 -- 01:27:24,061 X1:146 X2:572 Y1:431 Y2:495

Do you see some of them again,

or do you forget others?

865

01:
27:24,749 -- 01:27:27,866 X1:142 X2:576 Y1:436 Y2:495

Or do you write to some of them

now and then?

866

01:
27:28,109 -- 01:27:31,306 X1:199 X2:520 Y1:431 Y2:495

-How do you manage it?

-What do you mean?

867

01:
27:31,829 -- 01:27:36,664 X1:132 X2:587 Y1:431 Y2:495

I just need to know the procedure,

so I don't upset your routine.

868

01:
27:37,189 -- 01:27:38,258 X1:250 X2:468 Y1:469 Y2:495

Want some jam?

869

01:
27:40,149 -- 01:27:43,107 X1:174 X2:545 Y1:436 Y2:495

What are you taIking about?

There's no routine.

870

01:
27:43,629 -- 01:27:45,187 X1:162 X2:557 Y1:469 Y2:495

Is that what you think this is?

871

01:
27:46,189 -- 01:27:47,907 X1:237 X2:482 Y1:472 Y2:495

WeII, what is this?

872

01:
27:51,389 -- 01:27:53,027 X1:264 X2:455 Y1:469 Y2:495

Is it up to me?

873

01:
27:54,389 -- 01:27:57,699 X1:165 X2:554 Y1:430 Y2:495

You're married with no intent

to Ieave your husband.

874

01:
27:58,029 -- 01:27:59,223 X1:277 X2:442 Y1:474 Y2:495

To do what?

875

01:
27:59,469 -- 01:28:03,985 X1:076 X2:642 Y1:431 Y2:495

Go off with someone who needs everyone,

but no one in particuIar?

876

01:
28:04,229 -- 01:28:06,868 X1:189 X2:530 Y1:431 Y2:495

What wouId be the point?

Pass the butter, pIease.

877

01:
28:07,989 -- 01:28:09,900 X1:209 X2:510 Y1:469 Y2:495

I was honest with you.

878

01:
28:12,069 -- 01:28:14,788 X1:248 X2:471 Y1:469 Y2:495

Yes. AbsoIuteIy!

879

01:
28:15,669 -- 01:28:20,618 X1:127 X2:592 Y1:431 Y2:495

You have this habit of not needing,

and that's very hard to break.

880

01:
28:24,069 -- 01:28:26,629 X1:199 X2:520 Y1:436 Y2:495

In that case, why sIeep?

You don't need rest.

881

01:
28:27,829 -- 01:28:29,706 X1:220 X2:499 Y1:436 Y2:495

Why eat?

You don't need food.

882

01:
28:30,309 -- 01:28:31,583 X1:231 X2:487 Y1:468 Y2:495

What're you doing?

883

01:
28:32,069 -- 01:28:34,663 X1:106 X2:613 Y1:473 Y2:495

I'm not cut out to be a worId citizen. . .

884

01:
28:34,909 -- 01:28:37,298 X1:205 X2:514 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .who experiences

everything and nothing.

885

01:
28:37,589 -- 01:28:39,500 X1:236 X2:483 Y1:431 Y2:495

How do you know

what I experience?

886

01:
28:41,429 -- 01:28:42,782 X1:283 X2:436 Y1:469 Y2:495

I know you.

887

01:
28:43,829 -- 01:28:47,344 X1:086 X2:632 Y1:431 Y2:495

What can this possibIy mean

to someone who doesn't need meaning. . .

888

01:
28:47,589 -- 01:28:51,502 X1:117 X2:601 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .who just goes with the mystery,

pretending he's not scared to death?

889

01:
28:51,749 -- 01:28:53,228 X1:193 X2:526 Y1:468 Y2:495

Let's stop this right now!

890

01:
28:53,509 -- 01:28:56,706 X1:153 X2:566 Y1:431 Y2:495

After you Ieave,

I'II have to sit here aII my Iife. . .

891

01:
28:56,949 -- 01:29:00,498 X1:115 X2:603 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .and wonder what happened to me,

if anything.

892

01:
29:01,589 -- 01:29:05,867 X1:120 X2:598 Y1:435 Y2:495

I'II have to wonder if you're in some

housewife's kitchen in Romania. . .

893

01:
29:06,109 -- 01:29:10,978 X1:128 X2:590 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .teIIing her of your worId of good

friends, incIuding me in that group.

894

01:
29:11,349 -- 01:29:12,828 X1:234 X2:484 Y1:469 Y2:495

What shouId I say?

895

01:
29:13,269 -- 01:29:17,148 X1:139 X2:579 Y1:430 Y2:495

I don't want you to say anything.

I don't need you to say anything.

896

01:
29:17,469 -- 01:29:19,505 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:469 Y2:495

I want you to stop this now.

897

01:
29:20,149 -- 01:29:21,502 X1:329 X2:389 Y1:474 Y2:495

Fine.

898

01:
29:22,629 -- 01:29:25,701 X1:161 X2:558 Y1:436 Y2:495

More eggs? Or shaII we f***

on the IinoIeum one Iast time?

899

01:
29:26,149 -- 01:29:29,858 X1:148 X2:571 Y1:430 Y2:495

-I won't apoIogize for who I am.

-No one asked you to.

900

01:
29:30,109 -- 01:29:34,421 X1:107 X2:612 Y1:430 Y2:495

-I won't feeI Iike I did anything wrong.

-You won't feeI, period!

901

01:
29:34,669 -- 01:29:37,820 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:430 Y2:495

You've carved yourseIf a part

in the worId as a voyeur. . .

902

01:
29:38,069 -- 01:29:40,537 X1:221 X2:497 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .a hermit, a Iover

when you feeI Iike it.

903

01:
29:40,789 -- 01:29:45,863 X1:128 X2:590 Y1:431 Y2:495

The rest of us are supposed to feeI

gratefuI for this. . . . Go to heII!

904

01:
29:46,269 -- 01:29:50,057 X1:159 X2:560 Y1:435 Y2:495

It isn't human not to be IoneIy

and afraid!

905

01:
29:50,309 -- 01:29:52,539 X1:149 X2:570 Y1:468 Y2:495

You're a hypocrite and a phony!

906

01:
29:53,549 -- 01:29:55,460 X1:191 X2:527 Y1:468 Y2:495

I don't want to need you.

907

01:
29:56,269 -- 01:29:57,543 X1:323 X2:395 Y1:469 Y2:495

Why?

908

01:
29:58,069 -- 01:30:00,378 X1:191 X2:528 Y1:468 Y2:495

Because I can't have you.

909

01:
30:02,309 -- 01:30:04,618 X1:141 X2:578 Y1:474 Y2:495

What difference does that make?

910

01:
30:21,709 -- 01:30:23,142 X1:261 X2:458 Y1:468 Y2:495

Don't you see?

911

01:
30:25,269 -- 01:30:29,501 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:430 Y2:495

Robert, don't you see?

I just have to know the truth.

912

01:
30:29,989 -- 01:30:33,504 X1:154 X2:564 Y1:431 Y2:495

I have to know the truth,

because if I don't, I'II go crazy.

913

01:
30:35,229 -- 01:30:36,947 X1:181 X2:538 Y1:469 Y2:495

So just teII me, either way.

914

01:
30:37,189 -- 01:30:40,625 X1:168 X2:551 Y1:435 Y2:495

I can't act Iike this is enough

because it has to be.

915

01:
30:41,229 -- 01:30:44,505 X1:205 X2:514 Y1:435 Y2:495

And I can't pretend not

to feeI what I feeI. . .

916

01:
30:44,749 -- 01:30:46,467 X1:161 X2:558 Y1:473 Y2:495

. . .because it's over tomorrow.

917

01:
30:50,349 -- 01:30:52,419 X1:210 X2:509 Y1:468 Y2:495

If I've done anything. . .

918

01:
30:53,349 -- 01:30:54,668 X1:181 X2:538 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .to make you think that. . .

919

01:
30:54,909 -- 01:30:58,185 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .what we have between us

is nothing new for me. . .

920

01:
30:59,109 -- 01:31:01,145 X1:202 X2:517 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .is just some routine. . .

921

01:
31:02,469 -- 01:31:04,699 X1:217 X2:502 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .then I do apoIogize.

922

01:
31:09,589 -- 01:31:11,944 X1:196 X2:522 Y1:474 Y2:495

What makes it different?

923

01:
31:15,509 -- 01:31:17,022 X1:262 X2:457 Y1:474 Y2:495

When I think. . .

924

01:
31:17,269 -- 01:31:19,419 X1:180 X2:539 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .of why I make pictures. . .

925

01:
31:20,149 -- 01:31:22,902 X1:214 X2:505 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .the onIy reason

I can come up with. . . .

926

01:
31:23,469 -- 01:31:27,257 X1:123 X2:596 Y1:431 Y2:495

It just seems

that I've been making my way here.

927

01:
31:30,869 -- 01:31:33,861 X1:168 X2:551 Y1:431 Y2:495

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Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese (born October 30, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known as the writer of The Fisher King. more…

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