The Yellow Birds (2016)

Directed by

Alexandre Moors

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 155 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young American soldiers serve in the Iraq War. One of them returns home but struggles with a promise he made to the other soldier's mother before they deployed.

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What happens

The Yellow Birds is a 2017 American war film directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston. The story is about two young U.S. soldiers who navigate the terrors of the Iraq War. When only one of the soldiers returns home, he is tortured by a promise he made to the other's mother before their deployment. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017. It was released on May 17, 2018, through DirecTV Cinema before being released in a limited release and through video on demand on June 15, 2018, by Saban Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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