ThestoryofParker’sneweffort, pennedbyWilliam“Billy”Ivory, isinspiredbytrueeventsandissetinthesummerof2014.Ontheoccasionofthe70thanniversaryoftheD-DaylandingsinFrance, octogenarianBernardJordan(playedbyMichaelCaine)madeglobalheadlines.He’dstageda“greatescape”fromhiscarehometojoinfellowwarveteransonabeachinNormandy, commemoratingtheirfallencomrades.Thebittersweetscriptissaidtoexplore“therealitywithwitandaverybigheart”.Bernie’sadventure, spanningjust48hours, alsomarkedtheculminationofhis60-yearmarriagetoIrene(GlendaJackson).Thefilmwillalsocelebrate“theirlovewithoutanysentimentalityandwithaneyetothelessonswemightalllearnfromtheGreatestGeneration”.