C.S. Lewis, the world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.

It’s French title « Les ombres du coeur » hardly reflects the « magic » and essential mystery of life which this film tries to unravel for us. « We read to know one is not alone » is a constant thread. This magnificent romance is filled with questions about the meaning of relationships and knowledge of oneself. Beautifully orchestrated by Richard Attenborough and its lead, magnificent actor Anthony Hopkins.

A truely British romance  to which, with the academia of Oxford University and the Hertefordshire countryside, I constantly related, feeling profoundly British and left wondering why I cannot share this with my wife.

A film experience that I have not yet fully digested.