At the end of a great romantic drama, you are often left with a single image: a person walking away, a letter being read, a photograph discovered in an old coat pocket. The music swells. You wipe your eyes. And then, almost immediately, you search for another one.
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Perhaps the cruelest pillar of all. La La Land , Brief Encounter , In the Mood for Love . These films argue that love is not enough. You can meet your soulmate on a Tuesday, but if you are married, or chasing a dream, or about to move to another continent, the meeting becomes a curse. The entertainment here is tragic irony. We scream at the screen, "Just stay!" even as we know they cannot. At the end of a great romantic drama,