“A film memoir of love, war and secrets”
A remarkable memoir of resilience, determination and love.Based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences, reconstructed with actor Tony Barry as Ed Preston. Weaving strands of poetic imagined drama, and archival footage into the interview, Preston presents both sides of her parents' wartime marriage: the horror and hardship of battlefield and prison camp juxtaposed with the loneliness and grief of a young wife struggling with a newborn baby and a husband declared missing.Ed Preston, on his way home from rugby practice in 1940, joins the New Zealand Army to go to World War II. His new wife, Tui, is pregnant and distraught, but he tells her not to worry, he'll be home by Christmas. And so he is - four years later - after escaping from a prison camp in Italy. But while Ed is away, Tui has fallen in love with another man.
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Martin Henderson
Ed Preston
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
The Ring
Jed Brophy
Mart Preston
Known for
The Shannara Chronicles
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Tony Barry
Ed
Known for
Faraway Downs
Harrow
Nick Blake
Les Harker
Known for
District 9
Black Sheep
Byron Coll
Hoppy
Known for
Power Rangers
Shadow in the Cloud
Peter Hambleton
Sgt Syd Gurton
Known for
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Richard Knowles
Vic
Known for
The Wilds
Guns Akimbo
Kate McGill
Selina
Known for
East of Eden
Chelsie Preston Crayford
Tui
Known for
The Royal Treatment
What We Do in the Shadows
Gaylene Preston Director
First release April 29, 2010 · Produced in New Zealand
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New Zealand
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · April 29, 2010
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No release date listed for United States.
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