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Help remembering a film title please

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Nevertravellingagain · 12/10/2019 09:24

I watched a film a few years ago and loved it, watched it a couple more times and now I can’t recall the title.
The lead actress was a very strong character with big eyes, I think her name began with R something like Ramona or a Spanish name.
In the film she is obsessed with a house and is from a poor family and goes on to be a rich author and buy the house. She gets married and her husband goes off to war.
Anybody know this film please

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MrsJakeLovell · 12/10/2019 11:53

It's not The Notebook, is it?

LemonPrism · 12/10/2019 11:59

@MrsJakeLovell that sounds nothing like the Notebook?

MrsJakeLovell · 12/10/2019 12:11

so do you have any better ideas?

In a mis-remembered plot, Noah building Allie her dream house after returning from the war, they were separated as she was from a different social class isn't that dissimilar for you to post just deriding a suggestion without offering any alternative.

MrsJakeLovell · 12/10/2019 12:21

oh, and of course, Allie is the 'author' of the notebook that Noah reads from...

Nevertravellingagain · 13/10/2019 12:37

It's not the notebook but thanks anyway.
Forgot to mention that it's a costume drama

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GaaaaarlicBread · 13/10/2019 12:43

Do you recall anything else about it ? Was it English ?

Imoan123 · 13/10/2019 14:34

Can you remember any of the actors and actresses in it?

Cantdecidewhich · 15/10/2019 08:26

Definitely English, as I say the lead actress had huge eyes and dark hair and her name sounded foreign, something like Romana?
The house she fell in love with was called Paradise or something similar and was run down.
Her husband came back from war and I think he lost both legs and eventually hangs himself through depression.

Pennyandmetonight · 15/10/2019 23:21

Could it be Angel?with Romola Garai?

IsadoraQuagmire · 16/10/2019 13:58

Oh my God, I had no idea they'd made a film of Angel (a book I absolutely adore ) I shall instantly forget about it, as I don't like Romola Garai and (from what I read read on Wikipedia) it sounds as though they didn't adapt the book very well either!

Cantdecidewhich · 18/10/2019 08:30

Pennyandme that is it!!

Thank you so much it has been bugging me for months, definitely will be watching that again over the weekend.

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