The film, based upon the novel Silent Parts by fellow Australian writer and long-term friend, John Charalambous (also author of Two Greeks and Furies published by UQP Australia), screens across Australia tonight.

Also, look out for it internationally and on DVD over the next year or so. The film/novel is a tense love story set in WW1 France ... the links below provide some background to the story and film. An Accidental Soldier/Silent Parts is ultimately a heart-warming love story examining aspects of war that political and economic elites often prefer to underemphasize, i.e. that sometimes true heroism involves refusing to kill other human beings ...

For the background to An Accidental Soldier on YouTube see the Click here (also features clips by Rachel Ward, Marie Bunel and others associated with the film).