This is a moment from the first Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie not found in the book, again demonstrating the more obviously dramatic uses of silence possible onscreen.
That said, this is a moment from the movie universe that actually Hollywood-izes the HRH relationship a little and takes it closer to triangle territory but does it so subtly and tastefully that I actually really love it.
This happens right after the only serious thing Ron does that anyone ever seems to remember, when the locket horcrux's evil influence wears its way into his head, the three of them have a fight, and he walks out on Harry and Hermione in the middle of their quest to destroy it.
They've been keeping the radio on around the clock to listen to the death toll from the Death Eaters' rampage, hoping not to hear names they know.
Harry takes the locket from Hermione, puts it aside for the moment, and coaxes her into a dance.
They’re stumbling, twirling each other around and laughing, without hiding the fact that she's a shade taller than he is, all to this soft, staticky, half melancholy broadcast.
And when it's over, there comes the silence.
There are a lot of things that could have been put in that silence. The triangle could have been forced with an almost-kiss, or diffused with a "thanks, I needed that," but we don't get either of those things.
The scene brings out the very deep love between the two of them, built over the course of nearly seven years and countless shared life-and-death experiences, without explaining, defining, or apologizing for it. It just is, and this moment is just a moment, a stolen reprieve that ends, and I think it's beautiful.
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