Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring

Discover the love of a lifetime.

Directed by Richard Attenborough

Produced by CTR, Spinster

2007118 min6.2 / 10

A bittersweet dual-timeline romance about lost love, memory, and the possibility of closure across decades.

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

Questions people ask

  • Is Closing the Ring sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Closing the Ring scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Closing the Ring easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Does Closing the Ring end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is Closing the Ring violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

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Rarity60

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Surprise32

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Love30

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