Wow. Take a fabulous array of talent, Jeanne Moreau, Edward Herrmann, Geraldine Chaplin, Lauren Bacall, Sir Alec Guinness, John Randolph and, of course, Leo McKern, add a touching but not maudlin setting, Normandy, the site of the D Day landing, throw in a great script about vets returning there after 50 years, a couple of which are searching for a lost love of their youth, mix it up with some delightful situations and confrontations and you got it. What a fabulous film. Everything works. There's not a wasted scene anywhere and it ends with a wonderful twist of sentiment that is anything but sentimental. All in all, this is a great tribute to the tremendous. These wonderful veteran actors work off each other and produce a monumental work that is touching, witty, poignant and memorable. This is just a fantastic film and one I hated to see end. The actors are fantastic and the two mature beautiful ladies compliment the younger Chaplin in a fantastic way.
Review of A Foreign Field
