Our Fathers Would Never Talk About It: Scarred by war, a man struggles to be a father to his son

Growing up in New Zealand, a young son escapes the Depression and a dictatorial mother to become a WW2 bomber pilot. Frankie marries hastily before leaving for England, where on active bombing raids over Germany, he is battered by the sights of unconceivable capricious deaths and damage to human flesh and minds. After being shot down and captured, Frankie continues to be assailed by unexpected flashbacks, fears, weaknesses, and selfish thoughts, and it is only the close bond of five Prisoner of War mates that enable Frankie to physically and mentally survive four years of imprisonment and a broken marriage. A tragic death then leaves Frankie with a crucial promise that tragically proves impossible to fulfil. Once back home, his Mother shows no joy in his return, and instead he feels blame and rejection. Frankie is struck by life threatening disease and then re-marries. Burdened by the haunting horrors of war that he finds difficult to erase, and despite a caring strong wife, he struggles to restart his own life and to let his own son into his altered existence. As it appears he is about to lose his son and new family, he is shocked by revelations that upend his whole world and force him to revisit his origins and upbringing, and face his own demons.
Secrets, fears, treachery, betrayal, regrets, guilt and love - painted upon the unforgettable tragedies of war.