Testament of Youth
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Directed by: James Kent
Overview
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Reviews (2)
Reno (Rated: 8)
The lesson the WWI taught us that we shouldn't let it fade away.
Kind of reminded me 'Atonement', but not a similar movie, except like you know the loved one goes to the war, serving a nurse in the army like stuffs. Actually, this one was a biopic of a young Vera Brittain that set in the Englan...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
I remember really enjoying the 1979 BBC dramatisation of this Vera Brittain memoir of her experiences as the Great War took hold of Britain at the start of the 20th century. It's all a little like "Narnia" as her family live out their lives in peace and relative prosperity whilst she (Alicia Vikande...
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