For The Moment

– This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba a..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
1993
For the Moment (1993)

This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife (Christianne Hirt) whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot (Russell Crowe). The pilot has come to train in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of Canada. When the pilot, Lachlan, is not training, he is surreptitiously wooing Lill, the farmer's wife. At the other end of town, Betsy (Wanda Cannon) who supports her two kids by bootlegging, charges for her services. She gets involved with Zeek (Scott Kraft), an American flight instructor.

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For the Moment (1993) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Apr 1996

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Aaron Kim Johnston

Writer:

Aaron Kim Johnston

Main Actors:

Russell Crowe, Christianne Hirt, Wanda Cannon, Scott Kraft

Plot:

The story of airmen training in rural Manitoba in the summer of 1942 to go overseas and become bomber pilots in World War II, as well as the romantic entanglements which overcome them while they contemplate life and love in a world at war.

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Production:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.0/10