Very touching and beautifully acted film starring the 89 year old Michael Caine and 86 year old Glenda Jackson in their last roles (Jackson died in June 2023 nine months after the end of filming). They had last starred together in a film in 1975. The true story concerns Bernard Jordan, living with his wife Irene in a nursing home on the English South Coast. Without telling the nursing home staff, Bernard travelled, solo, to France to attend the 70th commemoration of the D Day landings in 1944. He was missing for barely 48 hours but his determination to be part of the event inspired stories, press activity, and this film. However it is more than just the story of an old man going AWOL. It concerns the strength and longevity of his marriage to Renee, his war experience and the mark they made on his character, and most movingly the total utter waste of war. A sub story involves another veteran, Arthur, who Bernie befriends in France. Arthur is an alcoholic, forever feeling guilty about the death of his brother during the war. Together Bernie and Arthur visit the war graves in Bayeux - Arthur to finally find his brother, Bernie to remember one particular soldier he made a promise to during the Normandy landings. The quality and class of the two principal actors shines through a very moving film. Bernie Jordan died six months after his trip to France, his wife just seven days later.