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My Brother's War

MY BROTHER'S WAR
2005
Not Rated

Henry - My Brother's War

Virginia and Henry - My Brother's War

Virginia and Henry - My Brother's War

This is a little historical film that is almost a lesbian love story. Over 400 women fought in the Civil War disguised as men, some assuming a male identity for the rest of their lives. This is one such story.

Writer/director Whitney Hamilton also stars as Grace, a woman in trouble in 1862 Virginia. Her fiancé and brother are away fighting on opposite sides in the Civil War. When her father passes away, she's left all alone.

Cutting her hair and donning her brother's clothes, Grace passes as a man to try to find her sibling in the Confederate Army. As Henry, she runs into Virginia (Dana Bennison), a woman who has also lost everything. They travel together, becoming closer, even kissing, although Henry stops the embrace at that.

When Henry is shot, Virginia must nurse him back to health, warming his chills with her naked body next to his ... even though she is fully aware at this point that Grace is really a she. Although there is a declaration of love and plenty of opportunity, alas, the romance disappointingly never comes to fruition.

This is a very low budget production, quite difficult for a period drama using reenactment groups for civil war battles. It does have a nice old timey mountain music soundtrack that brings emotion to some scenes. We learn that Grace lived as Henry for the rest of her life, but we're left with the sting of the potential love lost.

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