On Chesil Beach

It is 1962. Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting first meet after they graduate from different universities. Edward is a historian, he is also a rock-and-roll fan, while Florence is a violinist who plays classical music, she is a member of a quartet of musicians. Edward and Florence fall in love almost at once, they introduce each other to their respective families, they then decide they'll get married, even with their different backgrounds. Florence is worried about the wedding, and has fears about sex, but she has no one she can talk to about these fears, and it turns out while Edward and Florence are on their honeymoon, which is at "Chesil Beach", the title of the movie, their different backgrounds come to out, Edward can get angry very quickly, and he can sometimes become physically belligerent, while Florence has a past with her Father that is never spoken about, her Father was dominating, and there is the possibility that he molested her. Both Edward and Florence are inexperienced when it comes to sex, and on the first night of their marriage, sex between them goes badly wrong. Florence runs away along the beach, and after an angry Edward catches up to her, Florence explains that while she loves Edward with all her heart, and wants to spend the rest of her life with Edward, it can only ever be as a platonic wife, Edward is angry and rejects this idea, and after a short while, the couple separate, and the marriage is annulled. It is now 1975, and a young girl walks into Edwards record shop, he soon realizes that this young girl, is Florence's daughter, and although it hurts him, he then starts to remember about his lost love, the years pass, and it's now 2007, Edward has never married, he then hears on the radio that Florence will be giving a concert with her quartet, her now husband is a part of. Edward decides he will attend the concert, his ticket has him sitting close to the front, Edward and Florence's eyes meet, just then, a tear falls from both Edward and Florence.