So this is one of two Clint films I had seen prior to starting this expedition. The Bridges of Madison County is based upon a novel of the same name, it was produced in 1995 and is directed by Clint and also stars him and Meryl Streep.
The film is set in two different time periods; the present and the past. In the present, siblings Michael and Carolyn Johnson are at an Iowa farmhouse that used o belong to their mother Francesca Johnson (Streep), who is recently deceased. As they go through the contents of her safe deposit box and her will, they are shocked to find that she has left very specific instructions that her body is to be cremated and her ashes to be thrown off the Roseman Covered Bridge, which is not in accordance to what they were previously told. Carolyn then discovers a set of photos of her mother and letters. They go through the letters and discover a secret their mother kept. In the past; Francesca, an Italian war bride, meets a photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint), who has come to Iowa to shoot a photographic essay for the National Geographic on the covered bridges in the area. Together they have a four-day affair, while Francesca’s husband and children are away at the Illinois State Fair. The pair almost elope, but Francesca calls it off at the last minute, considering the implications it may have on the lives of her husband and children.
The Bridges of Madison County is very different kind of movie that I have now grown accustomed to seeing Clint in. It is a beautiful movie, the only flaw is Meryl’s accent. 
90/100
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