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For the Moment (1993)

Directed by Aaron Kim Johnston

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Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Russell Crowe | Christianne Hirt | Wanda Cannon | Scott Kraft | Peter Outerbridge | Sara McMillan | Bruce Boa | Katelynd Johnston | Tyler Woods | John Bekavac | Kelly Proctor | Roxanne Boulianne | Robert G. Slade