The Best Films About Love for Valentine's Day
Love has always been a major theme in art. And cinema is no exception. There are so many great films about this great feeling that it's almost impossible to choose the best ones. But today, on 14 February, The Gaze offers you a selection of the most popular love films that you will want to watch again and again.
1. The Great Gatsby
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Genre: Drama, melodrama
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton
Year: 2013
The stunning love story created by the American writer Fitzgerald comes to life on the screens and serves as proof that perfect men do exist. The story is told from the perspective of Nick Carraway, who arrives in New York in the spring of 1922, in an era of decaying morals, brilliant jazz and the "kings of smuggled alcohol".
In pursuit of his own American dream, he moves in next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, known for his parties, and across the bay live his cousin Desi and her husband, a party animal and aristocrat, Tom Buchanan. Thus, Nick is drawn into the fascinating world of the rich - their illusions, love and deceptions.
2. Il bisbetico domato
Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Adriano Celentano, Ornella Muti, Edith Peters, Pippo Santonastaso
Year: 1980
The film takes place in the Italian village of Ravignano, located not far from the small fishing town of Portofino. The film's protagonist is a forty-year-old farmer named Elia. He has a rather bad and rude character, as well as an unfavourable attitude towards the female sex, and therefore is still single. However, this does not prevent him from sincerely loving all living things: Elijah communicates with animals, organises hunts for hunters, and gets very nervous when one of his cows calves.
One rainy night, he has to take in a young beauty, Lisa Silvestri, against his will - her car broke down while she was driving past the village where Elijah lives. The heroine, who suddenly appeared in his life, tries to change his outlook on life and charm him.
3. Breakfast at Tiffany's
Director: Blake Edwards
Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam
Year: 1961
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Truman Capote and is a classic of Hollywood cinema. The atmosphere of New York in the 60s, the wonderful music of Henry Mancini, and the inimitable Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly will not leave anyone indifferent. Holly is an unusual girl. Frivolous and eccentric, as direct as a child, sometimes committing desperate acts, she is looking for easy money and a rich husband.
The heroine runs away from true feelings and love. She feels calmer that way. And Holly feels really comfortable and calm when looking at diamonds in the window of the Tiffany & CO jewellery store. But under the mask of carelessness, among the endless parties, changing elegant outfits and wealthy grooms, she is lost and endlessly lonely in this huge city. One day, a new friend appears in Holly's life - a failed writer and Alphonse Paul Varzak. A feeling is born between the young people and everything changes.
4. The Notebook
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Genre: Drama, melodrama
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gina Rowlands, James Garner, Tim Ivey
Year: 2004
A touching love story read by an elderly man from an old notebook to a woman in a nursing home. This is the story of a relationship between a young man and a young woman from different social backgrounds living in South Carolina. Noah and Ellie spent an unforgettable summer together until they were separated, first by their parents and then by the Second World War.
After the war, everything changed: Ellie got engaged to a successful businessman, and Noah lived alone with his memories in an old house that he managed to restore. When Ellie read about it in the local newspaper, she realised that she had to find him and finally decide the fate of their love
5. Dirty Dancing
Director: Emile Ardolino
Genre: Drama, melodrama, musical
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
Year: 1987
The film Dirty Dancing was released back in 1987, but it hasn't lost its charm in our time. Clothes, music, acting, feelings - everything in this film is perfectly combined. The story of the film begins in the summer of 1963. 17-year-old Frances, affectionately nicknamed Baby, arrives with her parents and sister at a family boarding house run by her father's old doctor friend.
What could this adventurous girl possibly discover here, among the retired holidaymakers? And yet, her relationship with Johnny, a dancer who entertains the guests for a small fee, started out as a result of their total difference in everything, but grew into something more. He taught her how to dance, and she taught him how to love.