L'altra verità
Directed by:
Ken LoachScreenplay:
Paul LavertyCinematography:
Chris MengesComposer:
George FentonCast:
Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop, Geoff Bell, Najwa Nimri, Stephen Lord, Jamie Michie, Tony Schumacher, Jack Fortune, Talib Rasool, Craig Lundberg (more)VOD (3)
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In September 2004, Fergus (ex-SAS) persuaded Frankie (ex-Para) to join his security team in Baghdad. £10,000 a month, tax free. Their last chance to 'load up' in this increasingly privatised war. Together they risked their lives in a city steeped in violence, terror and greed, and awash with US dollars, by the billion. In September 2007, Frankie died on Route Irish, the most dangerous road in the city. Fergus rejects the official explanation and, grief-stricken, returns to Liverpool where he begins his own investigation into his soulmate's death. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
Ken Loach has a knack for picking out quite ordinary topics, so it almost seems surprising that he chose something like the Iraq War. It seems a little bit shallow. But in his interpretation, it's about something else entirely; we're barely even in Iraq itself, and we focus on slightly different consequences than what we're used to. Still, the film is not particularly revelatory in the end.
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