OF MEN AND WAR
| 2016 – 146′ – Documentary, War.
Written by: Laurent Bécue-Renard.
Directed by: Laurent Bécue-Renard.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2014.
Official Competition COLCOA 2015.
In English.
A Kino Lorber release. |
Anger consumes a dozen combat vets long after their return from the front. The warriors in Of Men and War have come home to the United States, but their minds are stuck out on the battlefield. Like figures from a Greek tragedy, all have traumatic memories that haunt them to this day. Ghosts and echoes of the war fill their lives. Threats seem to spring out from everywhere. Wives, children, and parents bear the brunt of their fractured spirits. At The Pathway Home, a first-of-its-kind PTSD therapy center, the film’s protagonists resolve to end the ongoing destruction. Their therapist is a Vietnam vet himself, helping the young men forge meaning from their trauma. Over years of therapy, Of Men and War explores their grueling paths to recovery, as they attempt to make peace with themselves, their past, and their families.
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