2014 (UK) ( Biography, Drama, History, War)
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Dominic West, Emily Watson
Director: James Kent
A Member’s Choice Film. Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) is an independent young woman who abandons her hard-earned Oxford studies to tend to the wounded and dying (both British and German) during the first world war. She has a searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again. it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Testament of Youth is well-acted and beautifully filmed, adding up to an enriching experience for all fans of British period dramas.
(2hr 9min)