A War Page #2

Synopsis: Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark Claus' wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him - and his family back home.
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Director(s): Tobias Lindholm
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
81
R
Year:
2015
115 min
137 Views


I can't go through that gate again.

I'm useless.

I can't send you home.

But what I can do is...

...to give you camp duty

for the next two weeks.

Then you won't go through the gate

any time soon.

You'll have time to calm down.

And if you're still not okay after

a few weeks, we'll have another talk.

Do you have family?

- Siblings and stuff?

- I have a little sister.

- A little sister?

- She's 16.

- What's her name?

- Majida.

She's starting high school...

F***, man!

Call home.

I'll be back in 10 minutes

and we'll have coffee.

Hello?

It's me.

Hi.

Hi, boys.

You want to join me?

No?

Go away.

Go away! Go away.

Keep your distance.

EW reports

that the pale-faced are in the area.

- Stoffer.

- Yes?

- Back in formation.

- In front?

- Rear.

- Got it.

- Now!

- Got it!

- Don't do that again.

- Got it.

- 2-5. 6-0.

- 2-5, over.

Stop!

Get out here! Get out here!

- Get down!

- What's happening?

Sit down! I need an interpreter!

Sit down! Sit down!

Calm down.

We need an interpreter.

- Calm down. Get the interpreter.

- Sit down!

Sit down.

Tell him to sit down.

Make him lift that.

Lift up your shirt.

He says his daughter is sick.

He needs help.

- Shut up when we're talking.

- Get Rytter under control! Get him out.

That way!

His daughter is... "Who shall I tell

that my daughter's sick?"

- "Help me, help me."

- Where is his daughter?

- Inside the house.

- Anybody else in there?

- Tell him to calm down.

- There are women and children.

Okay...

"She has burns here."

- "Can you help us?"

- I hear you. You must calm down.

- Secure door left!

- Step back, step back!

- We have our own men behind that door.

- He says to stop.

- He must get the women out.

- Look away.

Look away, yeah right.

- Anything?

- I have a visual of two women.

- Come on, dammit.

- "Come in."

Step back.

Women behind the right door!

Door straight ahead.

- A donkey over there.

- Copy. You stay put.

Is it in there?

- Yes, that's his house.

- Come over here. Get him over here.

It checks out! There's a mother and

two children. The girl is in bandages.

Jones?

Jones, up here. Now.

"Thank you so much for helping.

We're poor people."

- A burn?

- Left forearm.

- Got it.

- "We're not your enemy."

- Tell him he can go inside.

- Send Stoffer in.

It's this little girl.

I'll just put this here.

Could you open this?

Ask if I may have a look at it.

It's stuck to her burn.

He should tell the little girl

that this will hurt a bit.

He has to hold her arm.

Yes, it hurts.

It's very infected.

Tell him -

- all I can do is rinse it in water.

"What if she doesn't get better?"

I'll dress it, but he must wash it

in soap every day.

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Tobias Lindholm

Tobias Lindholm (born 1977) is a Danish screenwriter and film director best known for gritty moral dramas. Lindholm first received attention for his work as a television writer on the popular Danish political TV-series Borgen, credited on all 20 episodes of the series first two seasons, either as an episode writer or storyline contributor. Then, in 2011, Lindholm was awarded a special Bodil Award for having two feature films Submarino (as co-writer) and R (as director and writer) in competition for that year's Best Danish Film, which the latter movie also won. His hostage drama A Hijacking (2012) premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section.He is also a frequent collaborator with film director Thomas Vinterberg, with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films Submarino (2010) and The Hunt (2012). Lindholm directed the 2015 drama A War (Danish: Krigen) about a Danish military company in Afghanistan that is captured by the Taliban, and the commander is accused of war crimes. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. more…

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