The Great Deserter
Category：MoviePlot Area：America Years：2023 Director：Oliver Parker Starring：Michael Caine Glenda Jackson Wolf Kahele John Standing Carles Pill Danielle Vitalis Laura Marcus Will Fletcher Donald Saki-Mackay Ian Cunningham Kira Bell Daniel Hayde Isabella Domville Victor Oshin Joe Byrne Simon Darwen Graeme Dalling J
Introduction
Thestory of Parker's new effort,penned byWilliam "Billy" Ivory,isinspired by trueeventsandissetinthesummerof2014.Ontheoccasionofthe70thanniversaryoftheD-DaylandingsinFran ce,octogenarianBernardJordan(playedbyMichaelCaine)madeglobalheadlines.He'dstageda"greatescape"fromhiscarehometojoinfellowwarveteransonabeachinNormandy,commemorat ingtheirfallencomrades.Thebittersweetscriptissaidtoexplore"therealitywithwitandaverybigheart".Bernie'sadventure,spanningjust48hours,alsomarkedtheculminationofhis60-yearmarriagetoIrene(GlendaJackson).Thefilmwillalsocelebrate"theirlovewithoutanysentimentalityandwithaneyetothelessonswemightalllearnfromtheGreatestGeneration".
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