简介：ThestoryofParker’sneweffort,pennedbyWilliam“Billy”Ivory,isinspiredbytrueeventsandissetinthesummerof2014.Ontheoccasionofthe70thanniversaryoftheD-DaylandingsinFrance,octogenarianBernardJordan(playedbyMichaelCaine)madeglobalheadlines.He’dstageda“greatescape”fromhiscarehometojoinfellowwarveteransonabeachinNormandy,commemoratingtheirfallencomrades.Thebittersweetscriptissaidtoexplore“therealitywithwitandaverybigheart”.Bernie’sadventure,spanningjust48hours,alsomarkedtheculminationofhis60-yearmarriagetoIrene(GlendaJackson).Thefilmwillalsocelebrate“theirlovewithoutanysentimentalityandwithaneyetothelessonswemightalllearnfromtheGreatestGeneration”.
