A film about idealisms, utopias and harsh realities, which could be much better than it is, but is still good enough to be worth it.

There are many movies about romance and love in times of war. John Duigan gives us a film about love, but also about hopes for the future, utopias and the way war and human cruelty end it all in an instant. That old story of idealism versus reality. The film is good, but as a drama it is a little inconsistent and does not work from a romantic point of view.

The script begins with the unusual meeting between a young Irish student named Guy and a beautiful... lees die res.