Love stories usually blossom on the promise of forever. It’s our instinct not to consider it any other way. That’s why when a love story breaks this protocol, it sticks in our heads. And no matter how much we don’t want to accept it, it feels real. Too real.This reality manifests in several ways. We outgrow people, we relocate elsewhere, we feel the need to choose ourselves, or a certain dream suddenly becomes too important, and we don’t see it fitting inside a shared future. We move on and move away, but the ache lingers.In spite of its foundation based on dreams, cinema has always tackled this bitter reality: love surviving togetherness. Some people might call this a tragedy, but I don’t want to. Calling it a tragedy puts a gloomy, dark spell on everything beautiful that preceded it. Sounds unfair. I would call these stories beautiful portraits that aged into something deeper, more meaningful than possession.The following seven films poignantly capture that ache, the kind that hurts you but doesn’t destroy you. The kind that keeps reminding us forever that love doesn’t need to last to be lasting.7 Movies That Define Bittersweet Romance1. Casablanca (1942) | Written by: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch | Directed by: Michael CurtizAs World War II rages on, Rick (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa’s (Ingrid Bergman) romance rekindles, but with a predicament. Ilsa is now married to Victor (Paul Henreid), a benevolent revolutionary who needs support to escape a Nazi trap. Rick and...
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