Finding Neverland
For those that haven’t seen the Hollywood movie with the said title , here’s the gist … J ames M Barrie, a playwright, finds his career at crossroads when his latest play flops. His relationship with his wife is estranged - she blames him and his unavailability for their relationship falling apart only to discover she’s having an affair & shortly elopes.. oh well ! His friendship with a young widow , Sylvia Davies and her four adventurous boys ( George, Jack , Peter and Mich a e l ) inspires him to create his greatest and best-loved work – Peter Pan ! He realizes he is in love with Sylvia and as a surrogate father figure in the lives of the boys, the 6 of them ( with his pet dog ) make a perfect family! Yet Sylvia is diagnosed with an unidentified illness and passes away leaving her mom and Barrie as the co-gua rdians to the children . The movie end s with little Peter holding the book that he wrote magical plays on - the one he tore apart when he figures his mom