1991, Michigan; after years of an empty marriage a WW2 veteran is buried and his daughter delivers a eulogy while her mother, Ethel Ann, sits out on the church porch. Meanwhile a young Ulsterman, excavating the crash of an American B52 bomber, finds a ring and is determined to return it to the woman who once owned it. Back in the past, on the eve of WW2, we find Ethel Ann young, lively, optimistic and in love.
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IN MY COUNTRY (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Essentially an interacial love story betwixt two journalists set against the backdrop of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa. There's enough dirt about police murders and torture in the apartheid state to keep whites squirming uncomfortably and enough healing and forgiveness to leave you feeling that race problems dissipate with a bit of a hug. Nevertheless Boorman is a skilled film maker and he manages the finer aspects of this well scripted movie without teet
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LONGTIME COMPANION (1990)
Certification15 Our Rating
This story begins on the day that the New York Times first reported the outbreak of Aids, and centres on a small group of friends whose lives will never be the same again. A film about life, love, suffering and survival, and winner of the 1990 Audience Award at the US Film Festival.
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