DIRECTOR: James Kent WRITER: Vera Brittain (book), Juliette Towhidi CAST: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Joanna Scanlan, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Redford, Anna Chancellor UK 2014
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Based on a memoir by Vera Brittain, Testament Of Youth portrays Brittain’s testimony of the First World War. It follows her journey before, during and after the war. It could be another film about how impetuous and horrible that time was, but this one goes beyond that and it’s especially thanks to the mighty and outstanding performance by Alicia Vikander, who plays Vera Brittain. It’s impressive how everything looks so extremely emotional and also hopeful as we see the young Vera falling in love, losing that love to the war and overcome all of her despair and sorrow with a brave and strong attitude. Vikander is really the reason this film is so deep and invigorating, besides the UK’s beautiful landscapes.