Watch the Devastating Lesbian Love Story That Was Cut From "Love Actually"

Whether you love it or you hate it, Love Actually season is upon us. It's time to dust off  your DVD copy (or fire off a few angry tweets about how much you can't stand it) and revisit the modern holiday classic. As if there wasn't enough about the film already to make you cry, Buzzfeed reports a DVD extra from the film contains an absolutely heartbreaking lesbian love story that was ultimately cut from the film.

The story revolves around the headmistress of the school Emma Thompson's character's son attends. In the deleted scenes, the headmistress, played by  Anne Reid, is caring for her terminally ill partner, portrayed by Frances de la Tour ( Harry Potter 's  Madame Maxime ), which leads up to a devastating moment audiences never got to see. 

Love Actually  writer and director Richard Curtis said he really wanted to keep the story but the scenes with Emma at the school were cut, the filmmakers decided to cut the headmistress character and her entire storyline altogether. Curtis said the idea was "that you just casually met this very sort of stern headmistress. Later on...you realize however unlikely it seems, that any character you come across in life has their own complicated tale of love."

Watch the deleted scenes below and make sure you have a few hankies around for all the rain that will fall on your face. 

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