Os cabos Schofield e Blake são jovens soldados britânicos durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Quando eles são encarregados de uma missão aparentemente impossível, os dois precisam atravessar território inimigo, lutando contra o tempo, para entregar uma mensagem que pode salvar cerca de 1600 colegas de batalhão.
Lynn and Lucy are lifelong best friends, their relationship as intense as any romance. Neither has ventured far from where they grew up. Lynn, who married her first boyfriend and whose daughter is fast growing up, is delighted when the charismatic, volatile Lucy has her first baby boy. Lucy, however, does not react to being a mother as Lynn expects. Soon, they find their friendship is tested in extreme circumstances.
