He places the loose petals in his pocket. She asks her father to make the flower whole, which he cannot. So treasured is this delicate specimen that Zuzu walks home that December day with her coat open to protect her flower from the wind. She shows her father the flower she won at school. But It’s a Wonderful Life is timeless, in large part due to its simplicity, and its universal gems of wisdom.įor me, the essence of this story is conveyed early in George’s dark night of the soul, at the bedside of tiny daughter Zuzu Bailey, who is sick with a fever. Few movies resonate so powerfully after more than 60 years. Those are the words of an Angel-Second Class named Clarence as he tries to distill for George Bailey one of life’s essential truths.
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