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16th January 2025
01:53pm GMT
If you've been lucky enough to watch We Live In Time then you'll remember that poignant ice skating scene all too well.
It's emotional and heartbreaking but it's one of the most beautiful moments in a romantic drama we've ever seen.
If you've not yet watched the film then look away because the rest of the article contains spoilers.
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star as Almut and Tobias in this emotional romantic drama which sees Pugh's character cope with a cancer diagnosis in her 30s.
The movie follows their love story in a nonlinear narrative and sees the beginning of their romance, the day they welcome their first child, and the heartache of Almut's cancer returning.
According to Business Insider, they edited the film's final scenes and opted for a different ending.
The film ends with two emotional scenes- the first features Pugh and Garfield's characters ice-skating with their daughter. She then starts waving to her family as they drift further and further away. It then cuts to Tobias (Andrew Garfield) and his daughter at their home alone, hinting that Pugh's character has passed away.
Crowley confirmed the film was originally edited differently and it was set to end with Almut coming through the door of their apartment and telling Tobias that she was in remission after her first bout of cancer.
Speaking about the reason her death is never featured on screen, Crawley explained, "It was never filmed. The ice skating sequence and the waving from across the way was always intended to carry the import of a goodbye."
"They wave goodbye at this beautiful triumphant moment and then it's just emptiness. It would feel like, you got to be kidding me, right? She's coming back, of course, which is what you feel when somebody goes," he added.
"It would be a truer expression of what it feels like to lose somebody very precious to you. It felt like the right place to leave them to go on that journey," the director added.
We Live In Time is in cinemas now.