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耄耋之年的威尔永远忘不了他的好朋友费舍，他们从小一同长大，又一同经历了战场上血与火的考验。那是1914年，为了自己的国家做点什么是他们在认真考虑的问题。费舍在学校里是有名的淘气包，喜欢冒险，他和艾米在校园里偷着接吻被校长发现，费舍被当成伤风败俗的典型受到惩罚，虽然他的自尊心严重受挫，却没有阻止他们彼此相爱。费舍和威尔盼着去前线，真正的战场和他们想象的完全不同，却是将他们锻炼成真正的男人的地方。
费舍渴望忘掉战争，渴望见到亲人，但是他最终永远地留在那里。悲伤的威尔拖着伤腿回到家乡，和艾米一同勇敢地面对生活，组建了幸福的家庭。
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时光流逝，一切仿佛过眼云烟。但是那些刻骨铭心的记忆是至死不忘的，尤其是人在步入暮年时，对将来的考虑越来越少，而不能淡忘的却是过去的事，而且会越来越清晰。战争拆散了依恋的情侣，夺去了好朋友，但是，有幸活下来的人把对故人的一切珍藏在记忆的深处，把他们一同成长的过去交给历史。他们知道，在时间的尽头他们将会重逢，到那时一切都将成为永恒。
The‘comingofage’themehasbeensubjectofmanyafilmoverrthiscentury.CombinethatideawithtwoyoungladsgoingofftofightfortheircountryintheGreatWarof1914/18andyouhaveDistantBridges.ForAurthurFisher(RichardCambridge)andWillBrown(DavidEast),schoolboyfriendshipinthesleepyNorthcountrytowntheylivein,mirrorsthetraditionalpranksterandone-up-manship,associatedwithyouthinanyperiod.However,theydreamofadventureandtoArthurandWill,fightingforKingandcountryinFranceagainstthewicked‘hun’,isprobablythebestadventuretheycouldimagine.
Neitherare18,butthatdoesn’tdeterthemfromtryingtoenlist.InWill’scase,passingfor18,duetohissizeisacademic,howeverArthur,ofslightbuildneedsalittlehelpinpursuadingthemofhisage.
Havingpassedthehurdle,theyaredespatchedintotheforefrontofbattleintheFrenchtrenches,andonlythendoesthetruehorrorofwarandit’ssickeningandmindlesskillinghithometothetwoyoungmen.
ForArthurbeingslightlyinjuredrequireshisreturnto‘Blighty’onleaveandtothegirlofhisdreams,Amy(LauraPatch).Backatthefrontthenewsthatheistobeafather,givesArthuranewpurposeinlife,tostayaliveandseehischildgrowup.ButforArthurlifeistobecutshortwhenhe’sriddledwithmachine-gunbullets.ForWill,theadeathofhisbestfriendisshattering,buthesurvivesthewar,returningtoEnglandinjuredbutalive,seeingthefutureintheeyesofArthur’sgrowingson,andanewgeneration,whohopefullywillneverhavetogothroughsuchatraumaagain.
DirectedbyDustyRhodes,thetwoyoungleadsplayedbyRichardCambridgeandDavidEast,arethoroughlyconvincingasinnocentstaughttheharshrealitythatwarisnograetadventure,consequentlytheymaturerapidlyasthestoryunfolds.
IntheleadroleRichardCambridgeshowsapotentialofgreaterthingstocome,ashehopefullygainsmoreexperiencefromforthcomingrolesthatwillstretchhisabilitytoperforminfrontofthecamera.Onthisshowingheshouldfindaverysuccessfulcareeraheadasanactor.Watchthisspace....