OUR SOULS at NIGHT Stars Jane Fonda and Robert Based on Kent Haruf's Novel

OUR SOULS at NIGHT is based on the novel published posthumously by Kent Haruf (b Amer 1943-2014).  Haruf's novel PLAINSONG was a Finalist for the Nat'l Book Award.  His collective writing has earned him the Wallace Stegner Award.  Haruf's beautiful, clear writing depicts the expansive landscapes of his home state CO and characters graced with kindness.  Knowing OUR SOULS at NIGHT was to be his last work instill especially poignant content.  The movie's key niche will be with the senior sector.  The leading characters are an older widow & widower.  Louis (a perfectly cast Robert Redford) and Addie (an excellent Jane Fonda) have been neighbors for more than 40 years without having gotten to know each other.  Things are about to change dramatically when Addie stops by unexpectedly with a startling proposal.  Addie admits to Louis she's lonely and unable to sleep through the night.  She expects Louis may share her feelings of solitude.  She would like Louis to consider sharing her bed (not for sex) but for the comfort of companionship.  Louis is startled but gracious and asks if he could think about her request.  Louis mulls Addie's unusual proposal for a day before he accepts.  He too  has lacked for company if not intimacy.  Redford and Fonda bring incredible warmth & intelligence to their characters.  Louis asks "Why me? We hardly know each other."  "Well, let's start to know each other" suggests Addie.  Their awkwardness & tentativeness towards each other grows into a deeply caring relationship.  Their pillow talk unveils their honest feelings of regret, loss and love.  We learn of Addie's painful tragedy & Louis' affair.   Director, Ritesh Batra (b India 1979 THE LUNCHBOX) tenderly unfolds the necessity & capacity for forgiveness to others as well as to ourselves.  Louis and Addie discover the value to reaching out, to disregard how others may view us, to be gentler on ourselves and considerate of others.  "Good company in a journey make the way seem shorter". (I Walton)  OUR SOULS at NIGHT is a doleful dream that lifts our spirits.