The name "Anastasia" which is emblazoned on the movie poster is the titular name of the same named character namely Anastasia. The princess who was born and raised with luxury, comfort, and privileged security where not everyone feels. Anastasia as a child was described (in the movie) as a wild, mischievous boy and often punished by his father for his mischief, Anastasia dare not say anything when his father has given him a sharp look as a form of disapproval of his arbitrary attitude. Anastasia is close to every member of his family but the most liked by Anastasia is the arrival of his beloved grandmother, Marie, to the family of her son, Tsar Nicholas II; father of Anastasia. Sufficiently clear in the film, Marie and Anastasia have such deep ties to the secret code that only the two of them know. With great regret, Anastasia and Marie had to live apart while carrying a sense of longing that could not be explained by words even a tiny bit of hope for both of them to meet again.
10 Years later, Anastasia under Anya's name for memory loss, an 18-year-old determined to look for her family despite only one clue that she had a pendant granting someone she could not remember her name. Anastasia was really serious about this one mission and refused to stop until he succeeded. Her personality develops into a personal figure who refuses to be limited to having to do what she wants, is independent, and likes to make spicy remarks to make her interlocutor silent a thousand languages but Anastasia has the kindness and care of the heart proven by involving the stray Pooka to come along with her . Anya can be a shy person and feel anxious when confronted by a thing that has not been mastered by her but must be presented to the audience as an example in the movie when Anya had to convince Marie's cousin that she was the original Anastasia who had long been labeled as missing. Anya also not just behave like a lady, its tomboy nature sometimes appear to the surface.
What is the name of the person who made Anastasia given life along the way of the movie? Little Anastasia was played by Kirsten Dunst for the sound of the script dialogue, when little Anastasia sang only once in the film, Lacey Chabert lent her voice. Anastasia adult version is played by Meg Ryan for voice dialogue script and Liz Callaway to sing.
In the movie, the song flows when Anya confuses her first destination after leaving the village orphanage that has raised her. As if inspired by Pooka and supernatural impulse, Anastasia will travel to Saint Petersburg in order to navigate every place she visits to repair the fragment of her brain's memories of who, what, and where Anya comes from with the help of sentences engraved in the pendant she always wore . Such is the "Journey to the Past" contained in the film.
Lyrics:
Heart don't fail me now
Courage don't desert me
Don't turn back now that we're here...
People always say, "Life is full of choices"
No one ever mentions fear...
Or how the world can seem so vast
On a journey to the past
Somewhere down this road
I know someone's waiting
Years of dreams just can't be wrong
Arms will open wide
I'll be safe and wanted
Finally home where I belong
Well, starting now, I'm learning fast
On this journey to the past
Instrumental-
Home, love, family
There was once a time
I must have had them too
Home, love, family
I will never be complete until I find you
One step at a time
One hope, then another
Who knows where this road may go?
Back to who I was
On to find my future
Things my heart still needs to know!
Yes, let this be a sign!
Let this road be mine
Let it lead me to my past!
And bring me home...
At last!
The first part of this song lyrics before the instrumental session, Anya still feel afraid to hesitate to walk towards Saint Petersburg then Anya asked her conscience voice to speak into her to give strength to the unrest in her heart expelled tightly so long journey looking for past walk easy. Fear, doubts, and anxiety felt by Anya in the hope of coming all the way to the city but nil answers. To add strength, Anya recalls the words of others that 'life is full of hundreds of choices and never a word of fear in the flow of life in this vast world'.
"Somewhere down this road, I know someone's waiting"
Then the second part of the lyrics still lies before the Instrumental session, the seeds of faith appear in Anya. Anya insists that dreams for decades to find her family can not be wrong to believe despite the opposite of words spoken by the elderly grandmother of the orphanage where the elderly grandmother was skeptical that a young woman lost her memory had only one abstract clue to be able to find her family. It must be in a city in Russia or somewhere in the world where there are many populations, some are connected to it, just how Anya pursues where they are while carrying a dream of a family reunion. Anya dreams of a moment if true can meet her family then their hands will receive warmly and also kinship that Anya accepted as new family member at once make Anya feel back to the actual house; where he should be. Starting from the warm reception, Anya will quickly learn about her family and herself in the past where she can not remember well. Bringing such dreams into the long journey of searching for the past is a sweet thing for people who are cut off from their families by perhaps accident, disaster, and chaos.