The Land Girls

1998, R, 111 min. Directed by David Leland. Starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh.

Not reviewed at press time. In 1941 as World War II continues, England finds itself short of young men and the Women's Land Army is formed, dispatching young women across the countryside to pick up the slack. Three of them come to a remote farm where they discover a handsome son, hard work, and precious camaraderie.

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