A Foreign Field (1993)

A Foreign Field (1993) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Sturridge

Written By:
Roy Clarke

Actors:
Alec Guinness ..... Amos
Leo McKern ..... Cyril
Edward Herrmann ..... Ralph
John Randolph ..... Waldo
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Beverly
Lauren Bacall ..... Lisa
Dorothy Grumbar ..... Matron
Jeanne Moreau ..... Angelique
Michelle Gheleyns-Hue ..... Shopkeeper
Cateline Alteirac ..... Sales Assistant

Synopsis:

Amos and Cyril are a pair of British veterans from WWII, going back to Normandy 50 years after D-Day to visit an old buddy's grave. There, they run into Waldo, an American WWII vet. And both Waldo and Cyril run into a French woman they were both enamored of in their soldiering days and begin squabbling over her. Waldo's son and daughter-in-law are putting up with him and each other. And the entire group meet up with a woman who has come to visit the grave of her brother. Together, they form an odd camaraderie, bound by the past as they share their memories .

A Foreign Field tells the story of two World War Two veterans who return to Normandy to rekindle lost emotion sand friends. During their visit they discover much more about themselves and others than they had imagined.

Veterans return to Normandie on the 50th anniversary of D Day for their own special and poignant reasons, among them two looking for an old love who turns out to the same woman for both.

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