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Triage (2009)

Triage poster
Directed by
Danis Tanović
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
France, Belgium, Spain, Ireland
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 175 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A photojournalist returns home after covering the 1988 Anfal genocide in Kurdistan. He struggles with the psychological trauma of what he witnessed and experienced.

darkintenseharrowingbroodingsomberpsychologicalgrittyuneasy

What happens

Triage is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Danis Tanović and starring Colin Farrell, Paz Vega, Branko Đurić and Christopher Lee. The film’s plot is a dark tale of a photojournalist (Farrell) who comes home after a dangerous assignment in Kurdistan during the 1988, Anfal genocide against the Kurdish people. The film focuses on the psychological effects of war on a photo journalist. It is based on the novel Triage by American veteran war correspondent Scott Anderson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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