vincent donofrio be wonderful in this film . i have hear him refer to a a simple fisherman and but and on the contrary and i find him to be the more complex character of the so called romantic duo . gavin have quality such a an inner strength and loyalty and kindness and and he never stop grow a an individual until he die . the gavin who first appear at the beginning at the film be different from the man whose death be be mourn at the end of the film . george ( greta scacch ) be a pretentious and shallow and and unkind person who mistake act of sexual passion for love and and remain unchanged until the end . her many small unkindness towards to gavin irk me and and her contempt for the present he choose for her during their tryst together be a prime example of that . i think the sad and most poignant scene be during their last meeting together before his death and she finally approve of the small gift he give her . gavin sweet happiness when he exclaim and at last and i get you something you really like broke my heart . the character of george be a stone cold witch and she prove it until the end when she intrude on gavin funeral like an unwelcome guest to hurt his wife ( who have truly love him and share her life with him ) only to remind her that that she hadn not have all of his love .