

During World War II, a Cockney woman marries a Canadian soldier and adjusts to life in Alberta.
Acting
Anna Friel's Lily—vulnerable, furious, and utterly alive.
Production
Alberta landscapes that feel like another character judging everyone.

Director
Lyndon Chubbuck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on true stories of 45,000 British war brides who immigrated to Canada, many of whom faced identical hostility.
The film deliberately cast actual Albertan locals as extras to capture authentic prairie suspicion of outsiders.