Introducing this Month’s Movie: “Sommersby”

Sommersby is a 1993 romance/drama film starring  Jodie Foster and Richard Gere. Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) returns home to the South after the Civil War, seven years after he left as a soldier. He’s a changed man, kind and caring, and his wife Laurel (Jodie Foster) ends her engagement to live with him. However, suspicions arise that he may not be who he says he is.

Although this movie is classified as a romance, I feel it contains so much more. This film explores themes of romantic love, but it also highlights themes of identity, roles we play in community, forgiveness and redemption. I was moved the first time I watched this beautiful movie and look forward to sharing it with you all!