In this independent romantic drama, Cara Thompson (
Francoise Surel) is a young woman who has recently landed a job at a publishing house. Cara's job is to read manuscripts, most of which aren't very good, but by chance she runs across a novel which had been submitted 20 years before. Cara is struck by how good the manuscript is, but the love story has one significant flaw -- the novel has no ending. Over the objections of her boss (
Illeana Douglas), Cara sets out to find the author, and discovers Philip Naudet (
Terence Stamp), an aging man who gave up on his literary career years before. Can Cara persuade him to give his book an ending, and his life as an artist a second chance?
The Kiss also stars
Eliza Dushku and
Billy Zane; leading lady
Francoise Surel's performance earned her the Best Actress award at the
2003 San Diego Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide