Salt on Our Skin

If you are looking for a movie with a prudent life lesson or just a "happy end/justice to all" thing or an ordinary chick flick, than you might want to go back to Maid In Manhattan's...

It takes some life experience to let the beauty of this movie sink in... and by that I mean - no judgment, simply going for the essence, which ultimately has to be love.

Why am I submitting this comment 13 years after the movie's release and 5 years since I've seen it first? Because they are timeless occasions in life, so common in this new internet/long distance dating era, in which this story reveals that you really don't need to always have it all, the socially acceptable and expected full packaged "life together" deal in order to feel the true love and happiness.

This love story gives hope to those, that haven't had the luck to spend their happily ever after with a person they love and respect the most. Why it didn't happen between the main protagonists, might be the discussion point to the crew that gets their answers by judging other people's choices.

For the rest of us that crave simply feeling alive, loving and loved, the storyline (not perfectly done and not perfectly acted) offers the wealth of thinking beyond the compromise and the white picket fence. Upliftng, hopeful, giving and enriching for what it is - a treasure that can happen in one's lifetime.

I was deeply moved by this film. The use of a wonderful poem by Matthew Arnold as the guideline for the movie was extremely well made. I loved the story and the way it was told. In Brazil it was not as successful as I expected it to be, but to me it was a must.

Greta Scacchi plays a famous feminist activist, while Vincent D'Onofrio portrays a humble Scots fisherman in this film from director Andrew Birkin. Despite the obvious ideological chasm between them, the two fall in love. The couple spend the rest of the film running away from commitment, only to be reunited at every turn. Salt on Our Skin is also known under the title Desire....This films was released in French in Montreal (along with the other Vincent D'Onofrio film Naked Tango)......these two films were released together by C/FP Videoand are very hard to find in the French Version these days......Naked Tango was released in Quebec under the title "Tango Passion" and Desire was released in Quebec under the name "Abandoned Passion"......they did not sell very well as French Language versions and most have disappeared.

I loved this movie, it is a very emotional piece and the two leads do brilliantly. Vincent D'Onofrio does a very good Scottish accent ( very sexy one too ) despite being around 30 at the time he and Greta ( his off screen girlfriend )made this film the makeup is very convincing for his ages ( 19-50 ).

George falls in love with Gavin, but her new life of the arts appeals more to her and she rejects Gavin because his lifestyle doesn't interest her, but they continue their love affair regardless of the obstacles in the way, spanning the globe from Paris to Montreal.

The love scenes between the two actors is very realistic conveying the passion that they feel for one another all the more emotional for the viewers. Despite Georges treatment of him, Gavin continues to love her. She tells him she loves him in the end, but it is too late and is left to her memories and regrets at the close of the film.

This movie is about love and all the sacrifices we have to make sometimes to have just one moment of true happiness. I've seen the movie and read the book and i truly think that this is the best movie i've seen. It's intense and intelligent plus the actors are perfect in their roles. Vincent D'onofrio has the perfect body and face for this. I even bought the movie and i watch it once a month. The book is even more intense because of all the details. The title of the book is Les vaisseaux du coeur in french and the autor is Benoite Groult. If someone wants to read it! I saw the movie for the first time in 1994 and never forgot about it since then. I was just a teenager but i remembered the title and two years ago i found this movie in a garage sell and it became my treasure!!!