Set in 1943 Scotland during World War II, Janie is young housewife married to a man named Dongal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilation program, Janie and Dongal welcome three Italian P.O.W.'s to work on their farm and Janie soon falls in love and enters into a doomed affair with one of the Italians named Luigi.
Directed byMichael Radford
Written byJessie Kesson (novel), John Francis Lane (screenplay), Michael Radford
CountryUK
Runtime118 min
On screen
Phyllis Logan
Giovanni Mauriello
Denise Coffey
Tom Watson