My loving, lovely brother, who was Australian, was killed by Germans. My honest, gentle father, who was German, was killed by Australians. What language should I speak? IN THE AFTERNOON THEY CAME UNTO A LAND IN WHICH IT SEEMED ALWAYS AFTERNOON. Based on the novel by Gwen Kelly and directed by award-winning film-maker David Stevens,Always Afternoon is a story of teenage love, set in the small coastal village of Arakoon, Australia during the Great war. At the outbreak of World War I, Franz Mueller, a handsome and talented violinist, is interned in an Australian POW camp. He and Freda, the enchanting and impetuous daughter of a local baker, fall in love. With the help of head-strong Freda,Franz escapes his imprisonment, but will this first love survive their divided loyalties as they struggle with their cultural identities and the prejudices of the local community?