Spoiler alert: Spoilers for The Last Sunrise book and film on Prime Video follow. Prime Video is back at it again with another killer book-to-movie adaptation, this time from renowned writer of the global phenomenon After, Anna Todd. The Last Sunrise, which hit the streamer on Aug. 26, follows young Oriah “Ry” Pera (Maia Reficco) as she and her mother head to her mother’s home island of Mallorca. It’s there that Ry meets and falls in love with local Julian Garcia (Fernando Lindez). Unbeknownst to the lovers, their parents have a history, and Ry’s mom is working for the company trying to buy the docks that Julian’s family owns so they can build a resort and attract more tourists. (Ouch.)
Ry also has epilepsy, caused by a rare medical condition she has called tuberous sclerosis, which causes her to have seizures and other neurological problems due to the tubers (noncancerous growth areas) in her brain. Ry is afraid of getting surgery and losing her memories, but despite all of this, she spends the summer in Mallorca and finds out more about herself and her heritage while falling in love for the first time.Â
The Last Sunrise is a book adaptation after all, and that means there were some changes between the book and the movie that fans of the source material might not be familiar with. With that in mind, here are some key differences between The Last Sunrise book and the movie.Â
- The Relationship Between Julian’s Father & Ry’s Mother
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In the book, the dynamic between these two is heated — especially when Mateo crashes Isolde’s banquet party after the deal goes through to sell the docks. It’s much more tame in the film, and sad for the two, who used to write letters to each other until they just stopped. Julian also hates Isolde with a passion, but in the movie when he figures out that she is the “Izzy” his father used to write letters to after Ry has surgery, he gains respect for her as they wait to see if Ry will come through or not.
- The Shoes On The Walk Home
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When Ry gets lost as she’s heading home from the beach, Julian finds her and helps her get home because, surprise, her phone’s dead. In the book, he gives her his shoes, but this doesn’t happen in the movie — he simply walks her home and leaves her at the hotel.
- The Loan Sharks
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Movie Julian is stressed because he took money from a loan shark named Carlos to save his father’s dying business. A portion of the film is spent highlighting the conflict between the two, which goes away once Redwyn takes Garcia’s docks. Throughout the book, it’s revealed Julian is stressed only because of the fact that the family business may die, but he didn’t take out money to save it.
- SetCorp vs. Redwyn
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In the book, Isolde owns SetCorp and is championing to change a portion of the island into a resort hotel. In the movie, she works for a company called Redwyn instead, not as the owner, but merely someone extremely high up. The movie made her less of a villain, and towards the end, she claims she wanted to help the Garcias all along. In the book, that wasn’t entirely the case.
- Ry As A Dancer
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Book Ry went to business school and did dance, but the movie doesn’t specify whether or not she went to school. It only shows us that she is indeed from Texas, and a member of an esteemed dance company.
- The Skinny Dipping Scene
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Ry and Julian do go for a walk on the beach, but in the book, he is adamant about not hooking up with a woman he just met. In the film, he asks to make out with Ry when they go swimming, and they do.
- The Deal
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After Julian leaves Ry stranded on the beach, he finds her again minutes later, and admits that he’s into her. The two decide to have a fling.
- How Julian Finds Out About Ry’s Condition
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In both the book and the movie, Ry has a huge fight with her mother about taking her medication, and wanting to feel like she’s living life instead of being numb. Ry has a seizure, falls into the hotel pool, and is taken to the hospital. In the film, after she is cleared by doctors, Ry sneaks out and tells Julian about her condition at the beach where they met. In the book, it’s Julian who rescues her after she falls in the water, and he finds out the truth from her in front of Isolde.
- Audra
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Audra isn’t mentioned in the movie, but in the book, Ry says she and Audra were best friends since they were very young and that they had the same condition. In the book, Audra undergoes the surgery to remove her tubers, forgets everyone, and forgets how to function like a normal human. This is why Ry’s afraid to have the surgery — she doesn’t want it to happen to her.
- Ry’s Surgery & The Outcome
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Perhaps the biggest difference between the book and the movie is how the surgery turns out for Ry. After she has another seizure, the doctors leave it up to Isolde to decide whether or not she wants to have Ry undergo surgery. In both the book and film, Julian speaks up for Ry and says that her best memories are the ones ahead of her yet to be lived.
In the book, the surgery is successful and Ry wakes up with her memories, seeing Julian and remembering him. The movie leaves it a little more open-ended, with Ry telling the audience that her memory is slowly returning as she swims and sees Julian, starting to fall for him all over again.