The four days they spent together became a turning point in Finchika's life. After a brief romance, Finchka broke up with Robert Kincaid painfully because she didn't want to abandon her family. However, the love for Kincaid haunted Finchika for the rest of her life. In her later years, she wrote down this experience and asked her children to sprinkle the ashes beside the covered bridge after her death.
"The Bridges of Madison County" directly describes the extramarital life of middle-aged people, and the hero and heroine Robert and Finchka pursue the harmonious unity of love, sex and love. The plot of the film is simple, but the emotional expression is very delicate. The film reveals the ethical values and emotional balance of middle-aged people and shows a more orthodox theme of maintaining the family. "Bridges of Madison County" attracts many middle-aged audiences with its exquisite depiction of family and emotional problems of middle-aged people. Because of the profound social ethics in the film, the discussion about family responsibility and love was triggered.
The Bridges of Madison County was rated as "the Top Ten Movies in the World from 65438 to 0995" by many authoritative film experts and magazines.