Queen and Country
Synopsis
It is 1952. Bill Rowan is eighteen years old, dreaming his life away at the family's riverside home, waiting to be called up for two years' conscription in the British Army. His idyll is shattered by the harsh realities of boot camp. He meets Percy, an amoral prankster; they are rivals and antagonists, but they gradually forge a deep friendship in the claustrophobic environment of a closed, prison-like training camp. The pressure is briefly relieved by excursions into the outside world, where they both fall in love. Finally, Bill is confronted with the shattered lives of wounded boys returning from Korea.
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 115 mins
- Director
- John Boorman
- Producer
- John Boorman, Kieran Corrigan
- Co-Producer
- Anne-Laura Labadie, Jean Labadie, Vlad Paunescu
- Executive Producer
- Mary Alleguen, Cristian Bostanescu
- Editor
- Ron Davis
- Screenwriter
- John Boorman
- Director of Photography
- Seamus Deasy
- Production Designer
- Anthony Pratt
- Music
- Stephen McKeon
- Principal Cast
- David Thewlis, Tamsin Egerton, Vanessa Kirby, Caleb Landry Jones, Richard E. Grant, Sinéad Cusack, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, David Hayman
- Production Partners
- IFB, BFI, Le Pacte, Natixis Coficine
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 13th February 2015
