Tumbledown

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United Kingdom

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1988

1h 55m

Director Richard Eyre

Starring Colin Firth, Paul Rhys, David Calder, Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Genre TV Movie, Drama, War

 

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.