Woman's film marriage plot. The female protagonists in these movies are driven by something other than romantic love. Within British cinema, David Leland returned to the formula of the 1980s woman's film in "The Land Girls" (1998). The film tells the story of three young women during World War II and offers its heroines the opportunity to escape their old lives. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002) emphasizes the key generic theme of female friendship and casts the heroine in a conflict between the restrictions of her traditional Sikh upbringing and her aspirations to become a football player. Lynne Ramsay's "Morvern Callar" is
The Great Adventure (1918 film) her performance, called "likable", but the film itself did not. It was said that the plot "stretches the imagination of the spectator." Despite the critical reception, the film was commercially successful. The Great Adventure (1918 film) The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure and Spring of the Year, is a 1918 silent film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love. The film is extant at the BFI National Film and Television Archive (London). Shot at Solax Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. An amateur performer (Love) has found local success and acclaim, but dreams of stardom on