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The Land Girls (1998)

The Land Girls poster
Directed by
David Leland
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United Kingdom, France
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young women from different backgrounds volunteer to work on a farm in England during World War II. They face hard labor, personal challenges, and romantic entanglements while supporting the war effort.

earnestwarmnostalgicslow-pacedmelancholicgentleperiodreflective

What happens

The Land Girls is a 1998 film directed by David Leland and starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh and Ann Bell. The film is a British/French co-production based on the 1995 novel Land Girls by Angela Huth. The title refers to the real-life British women who were called upon to assist rural Englanders when men left their farms to fight in the First and Second World Wars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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