Absent Without Leave

In 1942 Wellington Daisy Edwards 16 and pregnant relies totally on her justwed husband Ed who is little older than she Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland When Eds leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home As a deserter Ed is hunted captured and imprisoned Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside The film is based upon a true story