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Revolutionary Road

By Justin Haythe and Richard Yates (Novel) - Film

FilmScreen27 minutes into the movie

Roles

  • Frank Wheeler
  • April Wheeler

About this piece

Let's go to Paris baby....

Summary

Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) are a young couple with two kids living in Connecticut in the 50s. Frank has a dull office job that he hates and April wants to become an actress but she is abandoning her dream. Trying to find a way out of their frustrations, they decide to leave everything behind and move to Paris. After Frank gets offered a promotion and April gets pregnant, their decision to leave becomes harder and harder... In this scene April tells Frank about her idea of leaving everything behind and move to Paris. She's get a secretarial position in a government agency and he won't have to work and have time to find out what he really wants to do with his life. Frank is confused at first but April finally persuades him...

Tone

I wanted to tell you... I love youSchemingPersuading somebodyDoing business/making a dealKilling somebodyApologizingMaster/ServantBeating somebodyScolding somebodySaying goodbyeLeaving/dumping somebodyWill you marrry me?CommiseratingKissingFiring Somebody

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