Letters To Juliet

The letters to Juliet is a movie inspired by the popular love story created by William Shakepeare ''Romeo and Juliet''. It was presented in a different time capsule, we can consider the movie as the continuation of the legendary story and how it affects the modern world. Sophie and Victor are engaged couple from New York who happens to be on a business trip in Italy. Sophie is a neophyte writer while Victor is a Chef who is soon to start his own restaurant in New York. Victor who is quite pre-occupied by his appointments with his soon to be suppliers was not able to spend more time with Sophie. Being understanding Sophie let Victor do his thing and she manage to spend her time alone observing and learning things around her trying to figure out interesting ideas to write. While Sophie was strolling at the area, she found a place and she noticed that many people especially woman was busy writing down letters. She approached the crowd and starting to write her own letter. But before she finishes writing she noticed a girl bring a basket and start to take all the letters. The woman walk away and Sophie followed the girl wonder what the girl will do to the all letters. Then she saw that the letters were distributed to 6 older woman. Sophie introduces herself as a writer and ask the ladies what they are doing with the letters. And the ladies was telling that they were the secretaries of Juliet. Sophie was so amazed when she heard about them. It was in Verona, Italy, the city of the famous Romeo and Juliet, a place where anybody can write a letter asking for advice, simple questions about love to Juliet of Capulet. It has been a traditional practice at the city of Verona and the responses to the letters brings good luck and hopes to a relationship, or make wishes come true according to their belief.  Sophie was telling Victor how amazed those secretary of Juliet and how can it be possible that their chosen profession is to write back those letters sender as Juliet of Capulet. Victor was happy heard about that and relieve because Sophie found something interesting she can be very busy with while he will be away for quite some time to attend to an exclusive invitation  to a wine auction at Laveno. Sophie spends most of her time hanging out with the secretaries of Juliet. One time she is helping them to collect the letters, accidentally drops a brick from the wall when she pulled one letter. The fallen brick stone made an opening to a hole in the wall. Sophie leaned over to see what inside. There she found a hidden letter of woman named Claire asking Juliet for her advice regarding her Lorenzo whom she left without saying goodbye fifty years ago, the letter was written 50 years ago. Touched by the letter Sophie ask the secretaries of Juliet if she can write back to Claire, and they allowed her to. After a week, they have a visitor who happens to be a grandson of the letter sender Claire. Charlie, the grandson of Claire face Sophie and telling her that what she doing was wrong and could just hurt his grandma's feelings because Lorenzo might be dead or  might not recognized Claire anymore. And Sophie went to Claire, they have a nice chat. Claire was telling them the real story and her determination look for Mr.Lorenzo Bartolini. Claire allowed Sophie to tag along with them on their journey to search Lorenzo. As their journey continues, they have knocked to the doors of a man named Lorenzo only realize that the Lorenzo standing in front of them  is a complete stranger. It not just happened once, but many times, until they decided it is time for them to give up. While their journey back home, Claire noticed the vineyard on the streets was their favorite place. She asked Charlie if they can take a left and pass by the vineyard just to bid her last goodbye. While staring how beautiful the vineyard is, Claire noticed a young familiar face of a boy working on the vineyard. Claire instantly shouts to stop the car. At the vineyard Claire has founded her real Lorenzo Bartolini. The moment they found Lorenzo, Sophie bid the goodbye and return to Victor, unhappy, feeling that something missing with her life. She realized that it was not working out between her and Victor. Sophie was decided to broke up with Victor and went to Italy to witness the wedding of Claire and to get united to her new found love, Charlie. They have been secretly in love with each other while on their journey in finding Lorenzo. And they all ended up as happy couples. ( From the movie story, If I still have the chance to love someone then I will get the opportunity.)