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Brand New World (1998)

Brand New World poster
Original title
Woundings
Directed by
Roberta Hanley
Genre
drama film, science fiction film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
3.4 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of soldiers are sent to a remote island to train for a war that has already ended. As they wait for orders, the isolation and lack of purpose begin to erode their sanity and relationships.

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What happens

Brand New World, also called Woundings, a UK film based on Jeff Noon's play Woundings and released in 1998. It was filmed in Cregneash, Isle of Man. The director Roberta Hanley won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film at the 2001 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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