“The Notebook” is a classic romance movie made in 2004 directed by Nick Cassavetes, and based off of the book “The Notebook” written by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as two teenagers who fall deeply in love but are separated by social differences.
The film takes place in the 1940's in the small town of Seabrook, South Carolina. The film begins with an elderly man named Duke reading a romantic novel to an elderly lady. The story begins with two teenagers who meet at a fair. Noah, who is a local boy and Allie, who was raised to be a social debutant. After they meeting at the carnival they share a summer love affair. Later that night, they drive to an abandoned house where they make love for the first time. During the end of the summer Allie's parents make the decision to move back to there home in Charleston. Leaving Allie and Noah nothing to do but move on with their lives.
Noah wrote 365 letters to Allie that year but her mother hides them leaving her heartbroken. As time passed, Noah enlist to fight in WW11 and Allie volunteers as a nurse for injured soldiers. During her time there she met her fiance Lon Hammond who is a handsome, wealthy, young lawyer. When Noah returns home from the war, he finds out that his father sold their home leaving him money to buy the abandoned home that he wanted to buy for Allie, who he had not seen in several years. Later Allie reads in the newspaper that he had restored the house so she decides to visit him in Seabrook. The two revive their love affair during her time there. After a couple of days Allies mother stops by to tell her that Lon was in town and gives her the letters that she had kept from her all of these years. Which makes hr realize that she is still in love with Noah and returns to the house with her belongings leaving Lon behind.
The film then goes back to present day to the elderly couple. Due to the elderly ladys dementia she suddenly regains her memory. Realizing that the story he is telling is the story of how they met. During her moment of consciousness they embrace each other. But the moment quickly stops due to her relapsing, losing her memories of Noah. Later that night it shows Duke lying unconscious in bed and is rushed to the hospital. Once he is released from the hospital, he visits Allie to find her lucid once more and spends the night with her. The next morning a nurse comes in the room to find that they had both died peacefully in each others arms.