For the Moment (1993)

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For the Moment on IMDb 6.2/10 831 votes

Released:
1993-10-01

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.

Director:
Aaron Kim Johnston

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
War, Drama, Romance, Action

  • Cast:
  • Russell Crowe
    as
    Lachlan
  • Christianne Hirt
    as
    Lill
  • Wanda Cannon
    as
    Betsy
  • Scott Kraft
    as
    Zeek
  • Peter Outerbridge
    as
    Johnny