The death of this film’s mother broke our hearts

“I’m going to die, Forrest”. This phrase broke the hearts of viewers all over the world. When Sally Field, who plays Forrest Gump’s mother, announces to him that she will die of cancer, both the audience and the hero have to take a teaspoon.

We remind you that Forrest Gump tells the whole life of an ordinary person who crosses the history of America from the 1950s to the 1980s, meets the most important personalities of this era and influences their path – often by accident.

Miss Gump’s illness occurs about two-thirds of the way through the film. When he finds out, Forrest immediately dives into the water and runs to find his mother. He finds her bedridden and already weakened. Then he said to him:

“Death is just a part of life. Something we are all destined for. I didn’t know it, but it was my destiny to be your mother. I did everything I could. (…) I think that each of us creates our own destiny . We must do everything with what God has given us.”

As Forrest says, his mother chic Explain things in a way that he can understand and give him a life lesson that has survived in the history of cinema and the best lines of the big screen:

Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’ll run into. I will miss you so much, Forrest.

Forrest’s separation from his mother is shrouded in modesty (no pictures of a funeral or burial), but still heartbreaking. Always loving, supporting her son as he is teased for his barbed wire, helping him whenever he can, he is one of the most human characters in the film.