When I first read the brief yet non-revealing plot of this movie, I thought it would be very interesting. So, I watched it, and this movie was the type of movie you think about for days after; it just has that hold on you.

Jane, portrayed beautifully by Kate Botsworth, and her husband, Leonard, travel to Italy for Leonard's job. It is revealed that their marriage is anything but lively, and is failing. Whilst Leonard is at work, Jane walks around the city, and meets the adorable Jamie Blackley who captivates the audience as wanderer Caleb. Jane and Caleb share a magical night, and the hold they have on you while the movie is playing is incredible. When you watch, it's like you're there with them at the beach, or at the small café.

Jane doesn't come home one night, and Caleb and her affair continues. Her husband is incredibly upset, and it is revealed they only got married due to the baby Jane conceived and later lost to miscarriage. Jane reveals she'll leave her husband (Thank the LORD),and wants to go to Tibet with Caleb. However, Leonard gives her the choice to meet him at the train station when their train is set to leave. Jane goes to the station, without Caleb, and is on the other side of the platform. The train goes by, and she disappears.

This movie was everything and more. A drama with romance, and just super raw. The setting in Italy is incredibly gorgeous to look at, and it just helps mix everything together into this beautiful, whirlwind story of a romance that just can't be. Beautifully portrayed and done, "And While We Were Here" will be captivating for years to come.

Intelligent, we'll-acted drama set in and around Naples. Makes its point unhurriedly. Only criticism is that plot had only one way to go. Oh, and the sepia colour of the print - obviously to align with the mood of the characters but it's a pity that it dulled the stunning setting.

That is the only good thing about this film...yes, two great songs and beautiful Italian scenery. The overall story is about the American born wife of a British Viola player, who accompanies her husband to Italy while he is on a job. While he is working, she goes sightseeing on day one and meets a nineteen year old, dope-smoking good for nothing lay about kid who is broke and the type to run out on a check which he does with her. She decides he is more fun to hang out with than her responsible grown ass husband, so she starts a sexual affair with him, then tells her husband she is leaving him. In a WAY to understanding moment, her husband gives her a free pass to do what she needs to do...but comeback after his main performance to meet him at the train station to go home to London together. He does this because she has had several miscarriages and he thinks she is still grieving. She runs off back to the kid, then abandons him, but manages to toy with her husband one last time by showing up at the train station just to NOT go home with him...but to run off somewhere else alone. There is a sub-theme which includes her writing a book from transcribed tapes of her grandmother speaking about WWII times in Europe, but she is bored the book. The husband was a kind individual who didn't deserve to get screwed over...and frankly deserved better than her. The kid was an idiot...but young. And our protagonist was truly awful, deadpan acting in addition to a just horrible character. There is no excuse for her behavior. This film didn't leave me feeling anything. Hard to watch and I wouldn't recommend this to a friend.