Letters to Juliet 1

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by Ian W


Letters to Juliet


Letters to Juliet is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. This was the final film of director Gary Winick before his death[3] on February 27, 2011.

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On Sophie's pre-honeymoon in Verona, she inadvertently finds an old unanswered letter asking for love advice from Juliet. Answering it leads to the recipient showing up alongside her grumpy grandson, and the trio search for the old long-lost love while new love sparks.

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inadvertently 무심코, 우연히

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The film was released theatrically in North America and other countries on May 14, 2010. The idea for the film was inspired by the 2006 non-fiction book Letters to Juliet, by Lise Eve Friedman and Ceil Jann Friedman, which chronicles the phenomenon of letter-writing to Shakespeare's most famous romantic character.

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theatrically 연극으로, 연극 같이

chronicle 연대순으로 기록하다, 기록에 올리다; 열거하다; 상술(詳述)하다

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Plot


Sophie is a young American woman who works for The New Yorker as a fact checker. She goes on a pre-honeymoon with her chef fiancé Victor to Verona, Italy. He is unmoved by the romance of Italy and monopolizes the holiday by using his time constructively to conduct research for his soon-to-open restaurant, often neglecting the increasingly needy Sophie and her opinions.

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unmoved (동정심·연민으로 마음이) 흔들리지 않는, 냉정한

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As Sophie explores Verona, she learns that thousands of "letters to Juliet" are left in Juliet's courtyard each year, written by women from all over the world seeking comfort and advice in love; the letters are collected and answered by a group called the "Secretaries of Juliet". Intrigued, Sophie asks to join them.

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Intrigued 아주 흥미로워[궁금해] 하는

intrigue 강한 흥미[호기심]를 불러일으키다

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Sophie later discovers an unanswered letter from a young girl named Claire Smith written in 1957, begging Juliet for guidance on her relationship with a boy named Lorenzo Bartolini. On a whim, Sophie answers the letter, and within a few days the now elderly Claire arrives in Verona with her barrister grandson Charlie. The two women take an instant liking to each other, while Sophie and Charlie do not get along.

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On a whim 즉흥적으로, 충동적으로

get along 잘 지내다

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Claire reveals that in her youth, she made plans to run away with Lorenzo but then stood him up out of fear. While she eventually married another man, she never forgot him. Now widowed, Claire has decided to follow the advice given in Sophie's reply and seek out her long-lost love, despite Charlie's objections.

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run away with …와 눈이 맞아 달아나다

stand somebody up (특히 연인 사이에서) ~를 바람맞히다

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Sophie goes along with them, hoping Claire's story might kickstart her writing career and is genuinely interested in the story's outcome. Discovering there are seventy-four Lorenzo Bartolinis in the area, the trio decides to visit as many as possible in the hope of finding the right one. During this time, Sophie and Charlie grow closer.

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kickstart 시동을 걸다, 촉진시키다, 부양하다

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After many days of searching, they find one Lorenzo who has died, saddening Claire. A frustrated Charlie lashes out at Sophie and accuses her of not knowing what real loss is. Claire, witnessing the dispute, tells Charlie that Sophie's mother had walked on her when she was a little girl and insists that he apologize. The following day, Sophie talks to Charlie about love and her belief that Claire's Lorenzo is still alive, and they share a kiss, although she quickly pulls away.

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lash out at …을 맹렬히 비난하다

accuse 비난하다

walk on 짓밟다

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On their last day of searching, having accepted that their quest will likely be in vain, Claire points out a vineyard and asks to stop so they can have a farewell drink for Sophie. As Charlie drives down the road, Claire spots a young man who looks exactly like her Lorenzo. They discover that the young man is the grandson of the Lorenzo they have been seeking and that the Bartolini family owns the vineyard they have come to visit.

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quest 탐색

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Claire and Lorenzo are finally reunited. So, the group spends the afternoon at Lorenzo's home, sharing a meal with the extended Bartolini family while Claire and Lorenzo, also widowed, happily reconnect. Later, as Sophie heads back to Verona, Claire pushes Charlie to pursue her, but he backs off when he sees Sophie with Victor.

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back off 뒤로 물러나다, 그만두다

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Back in New York, Sophie's editor at The New Yorker is impressed by her story and agrees to print it. Exhausted by their differences and lack of passion in their relationship, Sophie breaks up with Victor. Then she returns to Verona to attend Claire and Lorenzo's wedding.

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During the reception, Claire reads out loud Sophie's reply to her original "letter to Juliet" that set the events in motion, but Sophie runs out crying after seeing Charlie with a woman called Patricia, which he had mentioned was his ex-girlfriend's name. Charlie goes after Sophie and finds her standing on a balcony above him, where she admits she loves him but tells him to go back to his girlfriend.

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set something in motion …을 움직이게 하다, ~에 시동을 걸다

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Charlie reveals that this Patricia is his cousin, not his girlfriend, and tells Sophie he loves her back. He climbs up the vine to the balcony, recreating the famous scene from Romeo and Juliet, but accidentally falls. So, they kiss as he lies on the ground and Claire, Lorenzo, and the wedding guests come to see what happened.

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네플릭스 현재 상영중; 영화에 나오는 주요 어휘 정리해 놓을 예정입니다.


출처(source); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_to_Juliet