Father & Soldier (2022)

Original title

Tirailleurs

Directed by

Mathieu Vadepied

Genre

drama film, war film, historical film

Country

Senegal, France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

14

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 260 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Senegalese father follows his son who was forcibly conscripted into the French army during World War I. He tries to protect him while they both face the horrors of war.

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What happens

Father & Soldier (French: Tirailleurs) is a 2022 war-drama film directed and co-written by Mathieu Vadepied, starring Omar Sy, Alassane Diong, and Jonas Bloquet. A French-Senegalese production, its producers included Omar Sy and Bruno Nahon. The film opened the Un Certain Regard section in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, and was released in theaters in France by Gaumont on 4 January 2023, and in Senegal by Pathé BC Afrique on 6 January 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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