A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

After surviving a death-defying leap from his crashing plane, British wartime aviator Peter Carter finds himself suddenly and deeply falling in love with a young American war volunteer. When a celestial conductor comes to shepherd the downed pilot into the afterlife, Carter demands a heavenly trial to argue for his right to live for his newfound romance.

With earth shot in stunning Technicolor and the afterlife presented in stark black-and-white, this visual feast probes the profound questions confronting Britain and America in the immediate post-war period – what would we die for, whom would we live for, and how can we wrestle with the ultimate powers of the universe.