Honestly, my dear, I don’t care.” Of course, we sympathize when Rhett Butler says that famous line to Scarlett O’Hara. But does such a cinema romance have anything to do with reality? A lot, now a US study proves. Couples who watched such “relationship films” five times a month and then drew parallels to their own partnership for 30 minutes separated less frequently. Ronald Rogge from the University of Rochester in New York observed a total of 174 engaged or newly married couples. They should either do “movie therapy,” attend couples classes regularly, or do nothing for their love at all. Result after three years: The films lowered the divorce rate just as well as the courses: to eleven percent.For the “lazy” couples, on the other hand, it was 24 percent. According to Ronald Rogge, couples have a keen sense of what is right and wrong between them. “You just have to think about how you are currently behaving.” Joint cinema or DVD evenings are a good occasion. “The fact that five films a month already have a protective effect is brilliant,” says Rogge. We think so too. Among other things, the test couples watched the following films for the study:
- “Blown by the wind” ·
- “Time of Tenderness”
- “Steel Magnolias”
- “Forget Paris”
- “Heart Over Head”
- “Goes forgotten children”
- “Sleepless in New York”
- „Anna Karenina“ (2012)
Valentine’s Day would be perfect for snuggling up for two to watch a movie. The most beautiful love movies on DVD .
