To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

Some love lasts a lifetime. Real love lasts forever.

199693 min5.5 / 10

A melancholic meditation on grief and love that explores how the living cling to the dead, set against the backdrop of a beach where past and present collide.

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her "ghost" on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present in the real world....

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