Our Souls at Night Page #3

Synopsis: In Holt, a small Colorado town, Addie Moore (Jane Fonda) pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters (Robert Redford). Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they'd been neighbors for decades, but had little contact. Their children (Matthias Schoenaerts and Judy Greer) live far away and they are all alone in their big houses. Addie seeks to establish a connection, and make the most of the rest of the time they have.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Ritesh Batra
Production: Netflix
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
TV-14
Year:
2017
103 min
Website
1,364 Views


Why not?

Well, because of me.

And a little bit her, too.

You know, Holly was little,

and neither one of us really, really knew

what we were doing,

and we would have these arguments

that would turn into fights, and then...

and then she'd start crying

and leave the room

before we could finish

what we were fighting about.

And so, at school, one of you made

some move, some gesture or...

Yeah, one day I was in the lounge,

and she walked in, and...

she walked up to me

and just put her hand on my arm,

just the tiniest, tiniest gesture.

And I remember it was tax time.

It was the middle of April.

And I was doing our taxes,

and I went to mail them that night,

and as I went by her house,

for no good reason,

she looked up and saw me

through the window.

And that's how it started?

On Tax Day. Strange, isn't it?

Well, these things happen

in all kinds of ways.

And then, I left Diane and Holly

and I moved in

with Tamara and her daughter,

and her husband moved out.

And then?

Well, we got along for a couple of weeks.

I mean...

And...

God, she was beautiful.

And she had... the most beautiful

brown eyes and skin like satin.

- And she was...

- How did it end?

- Huh?

- How did it end?

I was having supper,

me, Tamara and her daughter,

and I suddenly got sick of myself.

I thought, "What am I doing?

I'm trying to play a father

to Tamara's daughter,

and my daughter is growing up without me."

So...

How'd she take it?

She cried.

And...

she said, "Is this our last night?"

I remember that night, how... how it was.

You never talked to her again?

No.

I think you're still in love with her.

- No, I'm not.

- Yeah, well, it sounds like it.

Maybe a little bit with the memory of her,

but that's... that's different.

Come on, get in bed.

Yeah.

You know, I think I regret hurting Tamara

more than I regret hurting my own wife.

It's like I failed my spirit or something.

Or I missed a special kind of call

to be something more.

Oh, don't be so hard on yourself, Louis.

You did the right thing.

You're a good man.

I... I don't know about that.

You were a good teacher to Gene.

I remember.

A good one, maybe, but not a great one.

I know that.

Like he's your buddy, and he knows

you know something he don't know.

He knows every goddamn thing

you know, trust me, bud, we all do.

Good morning, boys.

- How you doing, Louis?

- Oh, good enough.

- All right.

- Good morning, sir.

- You look great, Louis.

- Oh, thanks.

- You get a good night's sleep?

- Yeah, how about you?

- Ah, tossing and turning, you know.

- Oh, sorry to hear that.

Yeah, we've heard

you've been pretty busy, for sure.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah. Well, that's the word anyway.

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Scott Neustadter

Scott Eric Neustadter is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers wrote the original screenplays for Days of Summer and The Pink Panther 2. Days of Summer is based on two real relationships Neustadter had. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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