Queen and Country
2014 · Movie · 114 min. · United Kingdom
Year 1952. Bill Rowan is 18, dreaming his life away at the family’s riverside home, waiting to be called up for two years conscription in the Army. He swims each morning and yearns for a pretty girl who cycles past at that time on the tow path across the river. This idyll is shattered by the harsh realities of boot camp. He meets Percy, an amoral prankster, and together they plot the downfall of Sergeant Yeomans, their rigid tormentor. Percy and Bill are rivals and antagonists, but gradually forge a deep friendship. After basic training many conscripts are shipped out to fight the Chinese in the Korean War, but Bill and Percy are assigned to the claustrophobia of a closed, prison-like training camp where they act as instructors.
Direction John Boorman
Cast Callum Turner · Caleb Landry Jones · David Thewlis · Richard E. Grant · Tamsin Egerton · Vanessa Kirby · Sinead Cusack · David Hayman · Brian F. O'Byrne · Gerran Howell
Soundtrack Stephen McKeon
Screenplay John Boorman
Cinematography Seamus Deasy
Original title Queen and Country
4.8
412 votes (FilmAffinity)
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