VIKANDER: She fought to get into Oxford, and she wanted to study English. Brittain) No, I can't afford to waste money, no. VIKANDER: (As Vera Brittain) And all this time, you said you couldn't afford for me to go. VIKANDER: (As Vera Brittain) That piano could pay for a whole year at Oxford.ĭOMINIC WEST: (As Mr. Brittain) Your father hoped you'd be happy, dear.
In one scene, she confronts her parents when they buy her yet another expensive present.ĮMILY WATSON: (As Mrs. And I wanted to kind of bring that.ĬORNISH: But, Vikander says, Brittain was also an empowered woman with a remarkably modern perspective. And, you know, she spoke before thinking, and she was quite pigheaded. So I had to kind of remind myself to be really young and naive and think that the world is ahead of you and you can do anything. VIKANDER: I also, you know, am about eight years older than what Vera was in the beginning of this film. That really made me feel the bigger picture.ĬORNISH: The film opens before the war with a teenage Vera swimming in the English countryside. But I was amazed how into her emotions and feelings and how true she was telling her own experience and story. And I've read about in school, and I've seen documentaries and films. VIKANDER: I remember when I read the book, I mean, I knew the facts of the war. The imagined holds far greater terror for me.ĬORNISH: Vera Brittain is played by actress Alicia Vikander. I shall never be afraid to confront the real. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TESTAMENT OF YOUTH")ĪLICIA VIKANDER: (As Vera Brittain) Please don't keep things back from me, Roland, with an idea of sparing my feelings.
The film weaves in her personal letters to her fiance, a soldier at the front. She set out to tell the story of those left behind. It was written by a young woman named Vera Brittain who had served as a nurse tending to gravely wounded servicemen in World War I. It's based on a famous antiwar memoir published in 1933. The new film "Testament Of Youth" takes a different view.
They're often about heroism, brotherhood and perseverance.
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