The story contains the great Hemingway themes of love, war, youth, and age.
Liev Schreiber stars in Across the River and Into the Trees – based on the final novel by Ernest Hemingway.
Set in Italy during WWII, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell is a bona fide war hero who faces news of his terminal illness with stoic disregard.
Determined to spend his weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate what is likely a final duck hunting trip and to visit his old haunts in Venice.
As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a young countess begins to kindle in him the hope of renewal.
Based on the last full-length novel Hemingway published in his lifetime, Across The River and Into The Trees captures a fleeting moment of immortality where time stands still. The story contains the great Hemingway themes of love, war, youth, and age.
Also starring Matilda De Angelis, Josh Hutcherson, Danny Huston, and more, Across the River and Into the Trees is in select cinemas in August.
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