This film was very precious to Colin Firth, yet it was lost and recovered by a miracle. A fan did so much 'lobby' for its release in DVD format (after an initial release as VHS), that he succeeded. 'A Month in the Country' (initial title "Falling Man', 1987) is a masterpiece film, Colin Firth playing a man coming back from World War I, with a crippling stutter. He has to restore a mural painting (showing a medieval image of hell and an unexpected image of Jesus) in a country church in the north of England, hidden under layers of white paint. Another veteran, James Moon (Kenneth Branagh), is looking for the grave of an ancestor, who fought in the Crusades. A very delicate love story develops between C. Firth's character and the vicar's wife (Natasha Richardson). Based on J.L. Carr's novel, directed by Pat O'Connor, Irish director (Colin Firth will collaborate with him again for Benjamin's Crossing, 2018).