"This is not a ghost story" bc Mary is trying to rationalize what's haunting her and cannot see it as a ghost. "This is not a love story" bc Sam has closed her heart to stop suffering and wants to NOT love Mary but she can't help it.
Mother Mary you're the film of a lifetime
Fun fact (fun as in it makes me sob): in the film Sam never touches Mary directly but only through objects that shield her from physical contact. It's only at the end, when she's decided to forgive Mary and open her heart and they're at peace again that she finally touches her
the way froze when sam lifted her top and traced her scar…. her most vulnerable spot at her most vulnerable time and they had not seen each other in 10 years gawdddddd