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Plot

This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot. The pilot has come to train in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of Canada. When the pilot, Lachlan, is not training, he is surreptitiously wooing Lill, the farmer's wife. At the other end of town, Betsy who supports her two kids by bootlegging, charges for her services. She gets involved with Zeek, an American flight instructor.
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sexual situations, language and a poignant death.
Genre(s):
Drama,Romance,War
Run Time:
120min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/15/1996
DVD Release Date:
04/20/2004
Director(s):
Aaron Kim Johnston
Starring:
Russell Crowe , Christianne Hirt , Wanda Cannon , Scott Kraft , Peter Outerbridge
Themes:
Life on the Homefront,Infidelity,Self-Destructive Romance,Military Life,Women During Wartime,Single Parents
Tone:
Bittersweet,Nostalgic
Keywords:
Australian [nationality],barnstorming,bootlegging,extramarital-affair,farmer's-wife,love-triangle,prostitute/prostitution