Distant Bridges
Synopsis
On recuperative leave home, Arthur falls deeply in love with Amy his girlfriend - and makes every hour count. However, back at the front, Arthur and Will are no longer boys but men grown old beyond their time - scarred by the slaughter of life. Into this hopelessness comes brief news of happiness - Arthur is to be a father. Now the real battle is on to stay alive for at last there is hope.
But sadly fate has a different course to run, for Arthur is riddled with machine gun fire while attempting to save the life of a wounded soldier. For Will this is a dreadful end to a wonderful friendship - for the generals just another statistic of the Great World War. But life must go on...and Will on returning home sees the future in the eyes of Arthur's child - the hopes, the dreams of a new generation.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 95 mins
- Format
- Super 16mm Fuji
- Director
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Dusty Rhodes
- Producer
- Richard Rhodes, John West
- Director of Photography
- Tony Serpini
- Principal cast
- Richard Harbutt, Laura Patch, David East, Rebecca Ray-Palmer, David Harrison, Mark Bint and Helen Stanley
- Executive Screen Writer
- Dusty Rhodes
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Sunfly Pictures 54 Crewys Rd Childs Hill London NW2 2AD Tel: 020 8905 5555 Fax: 020 8905 5155 E Mail: ib@sunfly.demon.co.uk
Sales Company
as Production Company
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