1952. Bill Rohan is 18, dreaming his life away at the family’s riverside home, waiting to be called up for two years’ conscription in the Army. He swims each morning and yearns for a pretty girl who cycles past on the towpath across the river at the same time every day. This idyll is shattered by the harsh realities of boot camp. He meets Percy, an amoral prankster. Percy and Bill are rivals and antagonists, but the bonds of military training help them to forge a deep trust and friendship. Together they plot the downfall of Sergeant Major Bradley, their rigid tormentor. Queen and Country is an epic story about an Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War. One of Ireland’s most representative director, John Boorman’s latest film Queen and Country is the sequel to his previous autobiographical war drama Hope and Glory in 1987.