The Notebook (2004)

At a modern-day nursing home, an elderly man, Duke, reads a romantic story from his notebook to a fellow patient. In 1940, at a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, poor lumber mill worker Noah Calhoun sees 17-year-old heiress Allison “Allie” Hamilton, who is spending the summer in town with her parents. He pursues her and they begin a summer romance. One evening, he takes her to the abandoned Windsor Plantation that he intends to buy and restore for them. While there, they attempt to have sex for the first time, but are interrupted by Noah’s friend Fin with the news that Allie’s parents have the police looking for her.

When Allie and Noah return to her parents’ mansion, Allie’s parents, particularly her mother Anne, make it clear they do not approve of the relationship and forbid her from seeing him. Overhearing Allie’s mother’s insults, Noah walks out and Allie chases after him. An argument ensues, and Allie breaks up with Noah, though she quickly regrets it. The next morning, Anne announces that the family is returning home to Charleston immediately. Allie can’t find Noah, so she asks Fin to tell him she loves him. Noah rushes to Allie’s home, but finds it empty.