Inspired by a true story, Pierce Brosnan plays Artie Crawford, a World War II veteran living in a care home in Northern Ireland who has just lost his wife. On the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, he decides to escape his care home and embarks on a journey to France to pay his final respects.
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00:00You know, it's changed times, Artie, no-one really stops for hitchhikers now-a-days.
00:13So, Artie, what's your story?
00:24I fought with the United Irishman, and we all wrote letters, just in case we got killed.
00:34I was terrified.
00:35Artie!
00:36Artie!
00:37Come on!
00:38Come on!
00:39It's the D-Day anniversary.
00:40I have to get to France.
00:41I'd love for you to go, Artie, but we've a responsibility to your family, and a duty
00:53of care to you.
00:54Sounds like you have me dead and buried already.
00:57Jesus!
00:58Where did you come from?
00:59Don't stand there gawking.
01:00Come on, give us a hug.
01:01A war veteran escapes old folk's home to meet his army buddies in France.
01:02The last rifleman?
01:03People will love it.
01:04So, what you're saying is, they found my father, and then lost him again?
01:21You are quite the soldier, Mr. Cuffaw.
01:24It is a miracle that you made it this far.
01:28Artie's passport appears to be missing.
01:30Don't get far on that.
01:32Look, that's me.
01:33Seventeen years out of date, sir.
01:36We all have our expiry dates.
01:38I'm 92 and three-quarter years old.
01:41Well past my expiry date.
01:44It's in our blood, smuggling soldiers.
01:49That's three musketeers.
01:51All for one and one for all, eh?
01:53That's the thing about folks like us, Artie.
01:56We're all living with ghosts.
01:58Hey!
01:59You wanna pick on someone?
02:01None of us can ever forget.
02:03But maybe, we can forgive.
02:13How in the name of God do you think you're going to get to Normandy?
02:16You can't even find the bathroom in your room.
02:18That's very funny.