this is set in the trenches of world war i, a terrific ensemble cast, toby jones, paul bettany. ..... and essentially what the film does is ca ptu re essentially what the film does is capture the sort of day—to—day squalor and struggle and comradeship of people in those trenches in the middle of that terrible war. my my darling joan. when you read this, i don't imagine that for one moment you will feel bitter and resentful. but you will find comfort in the thought that i went down fighting for my country. you are too clear—headed for that, my darling. there is a job to be done. it ought never to have arisen, but that is not the point. i have had so very much out of life. and all these youngsters do not realise how unlucky they are. so new are they to their very existence. paul bettany, paul betta ny, capturing paul bettany, capturing the understated power of the drama. this isa understated power of the drama. this is a story that everyone knows, but i think they bring something new to it. there is a palpable sense of terror, as —— the fact that we are waiting for a german attack, i