Wars
GUERRES
2021 • Films • Drama/1 h 23 mins
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Emma has just turned 20. To follow in her father's footsteps and to fill the existential abyss that inhabits her, she enlists in the army. Disciplined, competitive, proud; she adheres to the military ideology and the increasingly repressive rules to which she is subjected. Paradoxically, desire arises between her and her superior, Sergeant Richard.
Director
Nicolas Roy
Country
Canada
Language
French
Details
Emma has just turned 20. To follow in her father's footsteps and to fill the existential abyss that inhabits her, she enlists in the army. Disciplined, competitive, proud; she adheres to the military ideology and the increasingly repressive rules to which she is subjected. Paradoxically, desire arises between her and her superior, Sergeant Richard.
Director
Nicolas Roy
Country
Canada
Language
French
Accolades
Best Film Nominee
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2021
Eleonore Loiselle – Best Actress Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2021
Best Film Nominee
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2021
Eleonore Loiselle – Best Actress Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2021
Trivia
"...[the film] tackles several sensitive subjects (military commitment, hierarchy, dominant/dominated relationships, perversion, consent, rape), but one of its major strengths is to do so through the different facets of a prism.”
Critics
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...'..gutsily performed…'
Variety
Meet the Cast
Meet the Cast
Eleonore Loiselle
David La Haye
Directors
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