Les 4 soldats
Written by Robert Morin and Hubert Mingarelli
Directed by Robert Morin
Canada, 2013
There are war films and then there are war films. The former are of the traditional variety that follow an individual or group of soldiers that form a platoon and train, learn to grow as a team and then suffer the inevitable consequences of battle. The latter follow a different battle plan, pardon the pun. Their interests lie in the more esoteric, psychological aspects of warfare, studying the toil combat takes on everyone affected by it, either directly or otherwise. Robert Morin’s latest endeavor, Les 4 soldats, initially appears to adopt the first of those two identities only to slowly calm its pace down and become a studious character piece.
As explained in the opening narrative, civil war has ravaged the country. When the disproportion of poor people to wealthy people reached an unsustainable extreme,...
Written by Robert Morin and Hubert Mingarelli
Directed by Robert Morin
Canada, 2013
There are war films and then there are war films. The former are of the traditional variety that follow an individual or group of soldiers that form a platoon and train, learn to grow as a team and then suffer the inevitable consequences of battle. The latter follow a different battle plan, pardon the pun. Their interests lie in the more esoteric, psychological aspects of warfare, studying the toil combat takes on everyone affected by it, either directly or otherwise. Robert Morin’s latest endeavor, Les 4 soldats, initially appears to adopt the first of those two identities only to slowly calm its pace down and become a studious character piece.
As explained in the opening narrative, civil war has ravaged the country. When the disproportion of poor people to wealthy people reached an unsustainable extreme,...
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