An Italian older soul Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) marries a new soul, has 3 children, and is faithful to her husband in her mundane life on an Iowa farm until Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) comes to her doorstep lost. They immediately were attracted to each other and had a recognition of each other. Over the absence of her husband and children for 4 days, they spend time together and eventually are intimate and fall in love. They both believe they are soulmates and that Providence sent Robert to her door. But her conventional lifestyle and false obligations to her husband and children keep her in her narrow box when her husband returns, even though Robert wants to take her with him. This type of situation happens often, and men and women are trapped because of tradition, convention, false obligations, and, of course, children. In this case, the children were actually grown and in their late teens. She spent the rest of her life with her new-soul husband.
~Gabriel of Urantia*MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America
