Advantages: Interesting take on the ordinary lives of people during WW2 Disadvantages: Changes in accents make it difficult to follow at times
When Charlotte Gray meets and falls in love with a young airman, Peter, she should have her entire life to look forward to. However, it is World War 2 and her fiance very soon goes to France on a mission and goes missing. Determined not to give up hope, Charlotte applies for the Secret Service and is sent to France herself; ostensibly to help the war effort, but also to try and find out what has happened to Peter. Will her personal feelings get in ... ...Cate Blanchett was great as Charlotte Gray. She has a gentle, ethereal beauty that lends itself perfectly to this sort of role - a brave, but nevertheless human, woman in love. I liked the way that her character was shown to be infallible - all too often stories about the war concentrate on the bravery, but don't show the fear behind it all - yet Charlotte is clearly scared out of her wits at times. She is supposed to be Scottish, and speaks with ...
sunmeilan 04.05.2008
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The story of an ordinary woman is an extraordinary time. Once they were housewives ... more
waitresses or factory workers. Now they're World War II spies for Britain. Cate Blanchett stars as the courageous young woman who embarks upon a dangerous foray behind...
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