Accomplished Quote by Susan Minot
![“[The director's idea for the film was:] A young American or English girl goes to Tuscany to visit English expatriates. She is on a mission to lose her virginity. That's a mission easily accomplished, if that's the only mission. The story had to be more complicated than that. Because there is so…” quote by Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a83/susan-minot-11041_accomplished_the-director-s-idea-for-the-film-was-a-y_1514054.jpg)
“[The director's idea for the film was:] A young American or English girl goes to Tuscany to visit English expatriates. She is on a mission to lose her virginity. That's a mission easily accomplished, if that's the only mission. The story had to be more complicated than that. Because there is so little happening dramatically, there had to be something to keep you curious.”
About This Quote
Source Film Synopsis: Untitled European Drama, 1998, Screenplay Draft
A young woman travels to Tuscany seeking sexual experience, but the narrative seeks deeper complexity to sustain interest
In simple terms: Girl seeks virginity in Italy, story needs more intrigue
Key Takeaway
Add layers of personal growth and cultural clash
Themes
identity
sexual awakening
cross‑cultural encounter
Mood
introspective
curious
Type
dramatic
character study
When to use this quote
- travel
- relationships
- self‑discovery
- cultural immersion
Key Concepts
Coming‑of‑age
existential search
narrative tension
Questions to Reflect On
- What deeper motivations drive her journey?
- How does setting shape her self‑understanding?
A Different Perspective
Risk of reducing character to a single motive
![“...[She] felt as if she were both a stranger to herself and more herself than she'd ever been.” quote by Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/888/susan-minot-11041_stranger_she-felt-as-if-she-were-both-a-stranger_1161928.jpg)
![“[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle the apparatus of oppression.” quote by Shulamith Firestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d7b/shulamith-firestone-12980_accomplished_u-nless-oppressed-groups-stick-together_5485.jpg)
