It amuses me to recall the event that led Anne to my bed, because it smacked of the worst of cinemaverité , an existential moment opening onto a bittersweet romance.

Stewart's songs often have a distinctive and wry combination of whimsy, bittersweet romance and are highly melodic.

In short, Brother is a bittersweet romance about the love that two brothers can have for each other, and the difficult time they can suffer with it.

Their bittersweet romance proves to be his painful rite-of-passage into adulthood.

It is the kind of detail that keeps undercutting this retelling of what is essentially a period piece, a bittersweet romance played out with the Great Depression as subtle backdrop.

It also has a bittersweet romance.

You had a bittersweet romance with an Iranian girl, Marjan, when you were coming of age, and her family really took to you.

Now there is a bittersweet romance to this ruined team that refuses to die.

Tells the tale of a bittersweet romance in the midst of stirring naval action, with the convincing authenticity of a sensitive man capable of great wartime deeds.

Here we see bittersweet romance, cartoonish burlesque and violent melodrama, acted by a seven-member ensemble in multiple roles.