Hell and back again. Totally amazing film. Shot and directed singlehandedly by a war photographer so at although very much embedded in the action the whole film feels incredibly cinematic – great if you get a chance to see it at a cinema.
Slightly different topic but The Reluctant Revolutionary by Shaun Macalister is superb to. Almost the complete inverse of the film above. Danfung Denis is a super calm, super focused director that the soldiers around him immediately trust so much he can melt away.
Shaun is a shakey-handed, rattley camera holding chaotic car-crash. The people around him have to take care of him but that then reveals a lot about them. Pay a few quid and stream it directly from Shaun’s site so he can keep making films that absolutely nobody else would or could.