1914, Henry Gaunt's German mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks. He signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for his best friend Sidney Ellwood. But Sidney soon rushes to join him. In the trenches, the boys find short moments of solace in one another, but their friends are all dying and they could be next soon. An epic tale of war and the forbidden love affair for fans 'Mothering Sunday' by Graham Swift.