A Month in the Country

Two World War One veterans meet in a Yorkshire village in 1920 where they are employed on archaeological and conservation work. Based on J. L. Carr’s 1980 novel and with a screenplay by the playwright Simon Gray, the film explores the loss of spirituality after the war and themes of happiness, melancholy and nostalgia as the men seek to integrate into village life and simultaneously confront their past traumas and current disappointments. The film is notable for early career parts for Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh and Natasha Richardson.