Separated by oceans, time, propriety – or prison – long-distance lovers are a cinematic staple, and perfect viewing for virtual valentines everywhereFor some, Valentine’s Day is one red-letter occasion that won’t be significantly spoiled by a global pandemic and attendant lockdown: skipping the impossible-to-book dinner date and settling for a cosy couple’s night in isn’t too much of a sacrifice.
For those who don’t live with the one they love, however, it further emphasises this pained, indefinite period of isolation and separation.
For them, it will be a Valentine’s Day of FaceTime intimacy, romantic meals eaten over Zoom, perhaps a favourite film simulwatched across the miles.Cinema, at least, is sympathetic to such circumstances.
History is stacked with screen romances in which the drama hinges on keeping people apart rather than together.
In Sleepless in Seattle (1993; Now TV), of course, Nora Ephron pulled off the
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