Testament of Youth Debuting on Blu-ray & DVD & Digital HD Oct. 20
“Unapologetically emotional and impeccably made. An exceptional romance."
~ Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Alicia Vikander is electrifying. Kit Harington is excellent.”~ Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
Based on the Powerful Best-Selling Memoir by Vera Brittain
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
Directed by James Kent, the Critically Acclaimed Drama Stars
Alicia Vikander & Kit Harington
With Dominic West & Miranda Richardson
Debuting on Blu-ray™ & DVD & Digital HD Oct. 20
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (Sept. 4, 2015) – Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) and Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) star in Sony Pictures Classics’ critically acclaimed TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, the powerful coming-of-age story of love, war and remembrance, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital HD Oct. 20 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the best-selling First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is told through the eyes of Vera (Vikander), a youthful feminist, free-minded and irrepressible, whose intense romance with Roland Leighton (Harington) is interrupted by the war. The film follows her wartime experiences, which moved her to write one of the most defining memoirs of her time.
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH also stars Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything), Hayley Atwell (“Agent Carter”) and Colin Morgan (“Merlin”) with Golden Globe® nominee Dominic West (Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama, “The Affair”, 2015) and Academy Award® nominee Miranda Richardson (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Tom & Liv, 1995). Bonus features include deleted scenes, a making-of featurette and commentary with Kit Harington and James Kent.
Bonus Features Include
· Deleted Scenes
· Testament of Youth Behind-the-Scenes
· Commentary with Kit Harington and Director James Kent
Synopsis:
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH was directed by James Kent from a screenplay by Juliette Towhidi based on the memoirTestament of Youth by Vera Brittain. The film was executive produced by Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Hugo Heppell, Zygi Kamasa and Richard Mansell with David Heyman and Rosie Alison serving as producers and Celia Duval as co-producer.
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH has a run time of approximately 129 minutes and is rated PG-13 for thematic material including bloody and disturbing war related images.
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