
ThestoryofParker’sneweffort,pennedbyWilliamBillyIvory,isinspiredbytrueeventsandissetinthesummerof2014.Ontheoccasionofthe70thanniversaryoftheD-DaylandingsinFrance,octogenarianBernardJordan(playedbyMichaelCaine)madeglobalheadlines.He’dstagedagreatescapefromhiscarehometojoinfellowwarveteransonabeachinNormandy,commemoratingtheirfallencomrades.Thebittersweetscriptissaidtoexploretherealitywithwitandaverybigheart.Bernie’sadventure,spanningjust48hours,alsomarkedtheculminationofhis60-yearmarriagetoIrene(GlendaJackson).ThefilmwillalsocelebratetheirlovewithoutanysentimentalityandwithaneyetothelessonswemightalllearnfromtheGreatestGeneration.
