Lord Richard Attenborough, one of the world's most respected filmmakers (Gandhi, Cry Freedom, Chaplin, Shadowlands), helms a deeply moving love story, beautifully interwoven between the 1940s and the present. Inspired by true events and spanning fifty years, Closing the Ring tells the story of how an American woman honoured a wartime promise with a lifetime of denial - and how the discovery of a gold ring brought her back to life. In 1991, a small American town quietly mourns the loss of Chuck Harris: father, husband and honoured World War II pilot. His wife, Ethel Ann (Shirley MacLaine), refuses to mourn, drowning herself in alcohol and neglecting her daughter, Marie. But when Marie receives a curious phone call from a boy in Northern Ireland who claims to have discovered a ring belonging to Ethel Ann, a chain of events is ignited. As its narrative travels backward into the wartime past - to Ethel Ann (Mischa Barton) as a spirited young woman living in Michigan, capturing the hearts of three friends, all Air Force men; to a passionate romance and a secret pact - Closing the Ring collects the pieces of a truly profound puzzle one by one. Attenborough traces multiple themes with ease and grace, giving his celebrated ensemble cast - including Mischa Barton and six-time Academy Award nominee Shirley MacLaine - ample opportunity to shine. Academy Award winner Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) stands out as a former wartime vamp, Christopher Plummer emits an incomparable charm as Jack, Chuck's lifelong friend, and additional support comes from Pete Postlethwaite and Neve Campbell. Closing the Ring is a remarkable tale of love, loss and redemption that stands proudly among the films of one of the cinema's living legends. At the age of 84, Lord Attenborough refuses to contemplate retirement, continuing to expand an extensive cinematic legacy as an actor, producer and director and Closing the Ring looks set to follow in the footsteps of epic romances like The English Patient and The Notebook. He has created a grand canvas about the ability to find happiness when all seems lost.