The movie begins when Adaline is seen to buy up a faked identity card in Sans Francisco, and then followed by her going to work and opening a box of film reels, including one that explains her life. She is born on January 1st, 1908, later marries and gives birth to a daughter named Flemming, and she becomes a widow due to her husband’s tragic accident leading him to death.
Years later, Adaline crashes her car when she swerves into a ravine during a freak snowstorm and died in the freezing lake nearby, but a lightning strike suddenly revives her. From that moment, she is unable to age and has remained twenty-nine for many decades. She escapes captivity and realizes that she will have to spend the rest of her life on the run.
On New Year's Eve in the present year, she attends a party where she meets Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman), …show more content…
Then, Ellis asks Adaline to go to his parents' house and she says yes. Upon their arrival, Ellis introduces her to his father, William (Harrison Ford), who recognizes her instantly and calls her Adaline. She appears to recognize him, too, but lies, telling him that Adaline was her mother, who has since died. A flashback shows how they met and came to be in love, soon revealing that he was the man with the engagement ring she stood up that one afternoon The following day, Adaline talks with William outside and he notices a scar on her left hand and becomes shaken. He realizes that she is truly Adaline because he had stitched it up himself when they were hiking decades ago. She becomes upset, claiming she used to be "normal" and doesn't know what changed her. William begs her not to run, for Ellis' sake, but Adaline says she doesn't know how to stay. She flees and returns to their house, writes a note to Ellis while he showers; she packs her things and leaves. Moments later, Ellis finds the letter and confronts his father, who refuses to
Years later, Adaline crashes her car when she swerves into a ravine during a freak snowstorm and died in the freezing lake nearby, but a lightning strike suddenly revives her. From that moment, she is unable to age and has remained twenty-nine for many decades. She escapes captivity and realizes that she will have to spend the rest of her life on the run.
On New Year's Eve in the present year, she attends a party where she meets Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman), …show more content…
Then, Ellis asks Adaline to go to his parents' house and she says yes. Upon their arrival, Ellis introduces her to his father, William (Harrison Ford), who recognizes her instantly and calls her Adaline. She appears to recognize him, too, but lies, telling him that Adaline was her mother, who has since died. A flashback shows how they met and came to be in love, soon revealing that he was the man with the engagement ring she stood up that one afternoon The following day, Adaline talks with William outside and he notices a scar on her left hand and becomes shaken. He realizes that she is truly Adaline because he had stitched it up himself when they were hiking decades ago. She becomes upset, claiming she used to be "normal" and doesn't know what changed her. William begs her not to run, for Ellis' sake, but Adaline says she doesn't know how to stay. She flees and returns to their house, writes a note to Ellis while he showers; she packs her things and leaves. Moments later, Ellis finds the letter and confronts his father, who refuses to