Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Read more …
Lou took in an escaped Russian POW and hid him over the war's course. The tension mounts as it becomes clear that Churchill will not risk an assault to recapture the British soil, and the island-community spirit begins to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty. Against this backdrop, Lou fights to preserve her family's sense of humanity and to protect the Russian boy as if he was her own.
The film feels very much like a tame television drama rather than an uplifting cinematic experience.
Feels more like a TV movie than anything cinematic.
Jenny Seagrove excels in this true-life tale of a mother who hides a fugitive Russian in the Channel Islands during the second world war.
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