During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.
Acting
Shirley MacLaine devastates in every scene she's in.
Score
Jeff Danna's music milks every tear mercilessly.
Director
Richard Attenborough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Richard Attenborough's final film as director, and he was reportedly so frail during production that he directed some scenes via video link from his trailer.
The film's framing device—an Irishman compelled to complete a stranger's story—reflects Attenborough's own obsession with historical duty and unfinished business from his WWII generation.
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