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The Moment that Was Oddly Emotional for Me

posted 11 years ago by Jnbfwc
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When she walks into the room to use the telephone to speak with her husband while in prison, and he picks up the phone and tries to smile but his eyes are teary, and she begins sobbing; that was the scene one would think would be the most emotional.

I liked that scene, and I felt somewhat, but there was another scene that was even more powerful for me, though I know not why:

When his father, after seeing the passports, shakes his son's hand, hugs him, and tells him goodbye while making it obvious that he had seen the passports.
Emotion welled in my chest, my face scrunched and a tear rolled down my cheek.

I dunno why, though. I don't know why that particular moment was as powerful to me as it was.
Perhaps it is because it reminded me of my own father, whom I respect and love.

[–] ralph_2ndedition 11 years ago

Yep, that's the scne that does it for me aswell.
Actually the continuation is more or less flawless when it comes to pulling of emotional strings.
After the father and son shakes hand and hug - both in total understanding of what is about to unfold - the father looks at the son, looks at the mother and then back to the son, wordlessly telling him to at least say goodbye...and so he does.
-Here come the waterworks!

If this was a George Lucas-movie it'd have been re-released three times by now, and be mostly cgi.

[–] CharlieTheMan 11 years ago

The father and son scene was really strong because it mest be really hard to act that everything is fine and still show tons of emotions beneath that. Less is more sometimes.

Ours is the Fury!

[–] mel-holden 9 years ago

It's so incredibly generous on the father's part - he was a good son, one you'd want to have in your life. And he was letting this great son go, knowing he might never hear from him again. That being even worse because his son and son's family would have so much constant anxiety.