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Dec 14, 2017IV27HUjg rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I waited since 2014 for this to come out after reading on BBC/Scotland that it was in production. It was slow (even by my patient standards.) I wasn't enthusiastic with the portrayal of Chris, the long-suffering dutiful daughter to an brut of a father; Mullen played his part to perfection; the husband was fairly well played by KG, but I agree with a previous review his story was poorly developed on this point of going to war, what it did to him. Nearly an entire generation of men was lost, millions died during the war and returned home with horrid physical & mental wounds people did not understand. In the last 5 years there have been many films finally exploring this subject. The Imperial War Museum in London is an excellent place to visit for a simulation of this specific war. When I read this years ago it was a labor, but now I feel LGG & his Socialist beliefs were so evident in his writing. The land endures, so many Scots even today carry this belief almost as part of their DNA. For those who've walked the paths, the land gets under your skin, one becomes attached to Scotland in a very strange way. I've come to appreciate this lament.