The Damned (2024)

Original title

I dannati

Directed by

Roberto Minervini

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Italy, Belgium, United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

15

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the American Civil War, a group of Union soldiers stationed in a remote Montana outpost wait for something to happen. The film follows their daily routines and the tension that builds among them.

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What happens

The Damned (Italian: I Dannati) is a 2024 drama film produced, written and directed by Roberto Minervini. Starring a large amateur cast, it follows a group of volunteer Union soldiers in 1862 during the American Civil War, in an isolated unknown location. Most of the dialogue were improvised by the cast during the shooting on location in Montana. The film had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May, where it won the Best Director award, and it was theatrically released in Italy on the same day by Lucky Red. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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