love - not what you think

Ashtyn 2022-10-21 01:10:17

Adapted from Michael Zadoorian's novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a seriously ill elderly couple who drove their old RV from Massachusetts to Hemingway's former home, reviewing the story of their lives on the journey. John is a literature teacher and writer, Hemingway's die-hard, although Alzheimer's disease has made his memory worse and worse, even forgetting the names of his wife and children, he can still say all of Hemingway's works casually, "The Old Man and the Sea" is his favorite. Because his wife Ella is seriously ill and needs to be hospitalized, John can only enter the nursing home, and the two who have been together for a lifetime face the future of being separated forever. So, they made a crazy decision to drive an RV called "leisure seeker" from Massachusetts all the way south, looking back on a vacation with the children in the 1970s, the destination is West The Ernest Hemingway House on Key West of Lock Island. report

Some people always think that love is perfect, but in fact there are always unhappy things happening in love!

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The Leisure Seeker quotes

  • Will Spencer: So you know what happened, when was it, last year? I opened their bedroom door and she was on the bed and he was kneeling in front of her and... I can't even say it.

    Jane Spencer: Dad was muff diving? Yodelling in the canyon?

    Will Spencer: I wanted to vomit.

    Jane Spencer: Why? I hope it happens to me when I'm their age.

  • Ella Spencer: [on phone] Go to Lillian and tell her something.

    Jane Spencer: [turns toward Lillian, sitting on sofa] Mom, Lillian's...

    Ella Spencer: Tell her she's the dirtiest whore on earth.

    Jane Spencer: What did you say?

    Ella Spencer: No, in the universe. The biggest whore in the whole universe.

    [hangs up]

    Will Spencer: So what's happening?

    Jane Spencer: Nothing. Everything's fine.

    Lillian: But where are they?

    Jane Spencer: I have no idea, but Mom seems very... energized. And she sends her love to you, Lillian.

    Lillian: Isn't that sweet...