Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark Claus' wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. Read more …
During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him - and his family back home.
Thought-provoking military drama from Danish director Tobias Lindholm.
Riveting, complex.
An unexpected element steers the film towards a deeper examination of ethical dilemmas and their consequences in a solid, absorbing drama.
As Lindholm makes visual comparisons between the plight of the children in Afghanistan and the cossetted lives of the Danish families, the storytelling also risks becoming just a little too clumsy and didactic.
Well-intentioned if indistinguishable drama with Pilou Asbæk as a Danish commander battling IEDs, civilian mistrust and indifference from home.
Lindholm is good at quietly tightening the screws without resorting to melodrama here.
Overlong but powerful.
This powerful drama about a Danish army officer on trial after his patrol suffers a traumatising loss in Afghanistan blurs boundaries between bravery and blame.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday January 15, 2016, until Thursday January 21, 2016. More info: www.dca.org.uk
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