Engrossing tale that hooks you into the two main characters.
It slowly builds them into a wonderful romance for 95% of the film - all set prior to the Vietnam War - and then spends no time at all on the war, the male protagonists role in it, his return and their ultimate reunion, which takes all of 1 minute.
In the last few minutes the film raises the question of whether their one night of passion has produced an offspring but then leaves that, and the rest of the questions surrounding the couple, unanswered.
As such, I found it to be an unsatisfying experience despite being entertained for the majority of the film.
Without the last 10 minutes, and at the same pace, this could easily have been part one of an epic trilogy.
It slowly builds them into a wonderful romance for 95% of the film - all set prior to the Vietnam War - and then spends no time at all on the war, the male protagonists role in it, his return and their ultimate reunion, which takes all of 1 minute.
In the last few minutes the film raises the question of whether their one night of passion has produced an offspring but then leaves that, and the rest of the questions surrounding the couple, unanswered.
As such, I found it to be an unsatisfying experience despite being entertained for the majority of the film.
Without the last 10 minutes, and at the same pace, this could easily have been part one of an epic trilogy.