The Bridges of Madison County earlier about "the dreams of a woman named Francesca," gave him the idea for the novella, which was completed in eleven days. After he had written "Bridges", Waller came to believe that he had based the character of Francesca Johnson on his wife, Georgia, whom Francesca physically resembles. According to Marc Eliot, Waller's novella is a modernization of the Noël Coward play "Still Life" (1934), which was adapted into David Lean's film "Brief Encounter" (1945). "Still Life" is about 'the desperation, guilt, and temptations of two married people who meet, fall in love, commit adultery, and then separate forever." In
Leon Coward Sydney Indie Film Festival (Sydney, Australia) WILDsound Fest (Toronto, Canada) KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival (California, USA) The Montreal International Wreath Awards Film Festival (Montreal, Canada) The Golden Blasters Science Fiction Short Film Awards (The National Irish Science Fiction Film Festival) (Dublin, Ireland) Fantastic Planet Film Festival (Sydney Australia) Miami Short Film Festival (Miami, USA) Best Short Fest (San Diego, USA) Leon Coward Leon Coward (born 1991) is an Australian artist, composer, writer, film-maker and co-founder of the chamber orchestra and vocal ensemble Camerata Academica of the Antipodes. Coward was homeschooled, and has an older sister, Imogen Coward, and brother, Taliésin