i have watch this movie three time . the last time and i keep skip around confuse scene to find resolution for the plot . perhaps the plot be not intend to hang together logically . or perhaps these rough spot be in the plot because ann recall of distant event be rather faulty . take the young ann grant ( claire dane ) . here be a young woman who have attend an unnamed college with the scion of a rich family . she must have have help to afford this very expensive education and but never seem to have any family tie at all . she never seem to have any relative she can turn to when the consequence of one of her disastrous decision take effect . ann share an evening of passion with her great love harris arden ( patrick wilson ) . then and when harris comfort lila after the tragic death of her brother buddy and ann suddenly find him repulsive and be disgust with her own behavior . i must have miss something significant here . ann behavior seem totally inexplicable . ann abandon her relationship with harris and eventually marry one of the groomsman at lila wedding . despite ann rejection of harris and she continue to hold deep feeling for him on her deathbed . it be obvious from his behavior that harris be deeply smitten with ann and would have gladly marry her . a scene show their chance meeting year after lila wedding show that harris still have deep feeling for ann . the film show a pattern for ann romantic relationship . she always have a fall out with her men and she reject them . this pattern hold with harris and two husband . in contrast and lila marry a man she do not love and she remain with her husband until he die . perhaps lila be able to build a relationship because she refuse to let her marriage fail . then come the too convenient reappearance of lila ross at ann bedside . apparently ann nurse be able to extract enough information from ann last few lucid moment to identify and contact lila . none of this communication appear on the film . i keep wonder about the house ann be live in during her final day . how do she afford to buy such a house on the meager earnings of her sing career . ann always seem one step ahead of financial disaster while raise her two daughter . on another level and i enjoy the film setting and music immensely . the seaside mansion be just so heartbreakingly beautiful . claire dane be luminous a the young ann grant . she be really quite a talented singer . i much prefer her natural brunette to the bottle blonde look she have in the film extra . if only those pesky cgi firefly would go away and i could raise the movie a whole point in my vote .