Shuttlecock

IMDb link: 12663590
IMDb rating: 4.8 (171 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Drama, War, Mystery
Director: Andrew Piddington
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Alan Bates, Jose Agostinho, Luisa Barbosa, Kenneth Haigh, Jill Meager and others

Release date: 4 Nov 2020
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States
Keywords: father son estrangement, army major, resistance fighter, memorial service, told in flashback, grandfather grandson relationship, victoria cross, lisbon portugal, psychiatric hospital, mute man

Plot:

Major James Prentis VC (Sir Alan Bates) is a British spy of World War II and war hero who goes under the code name of "Shuttlecock." Alienated from his family and children, he ends up in a mental institution in Lisbon, Portugal.

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