Two young lovers (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) are torn apart by war and class differences in the 1940s in this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's best-selling novel. Their story is told by a man (James Garner) who, years later, reads from a notebook while he visits a woman in a nursing home (Gena Rowlands). Nick Cassavetes directs this heart-tugging romance about the sacrifices people will make to hang on to their one true love.

• 2 hr 4 min
• Directed by

  Nick Cassavetes
• Written by Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi, Nicholas Sparks

• Starring

  Ryan Gosling

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  Rachel Mc Adams

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  James Garner

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  Gena Rowlands

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  James Marsden

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  Sam Shepard