Armadillo Page #3

Synopsis: In February of 2009, a group of Danish soldiers accompanied by documentarian Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cinematographer Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of young soldiers situated less than a kilometre from Taliban positions. The result of their work is a gripping and highly authentic war drama that was justly awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at the 2010 Cannes film festival. But it also provoked furious debate in Denmark concerning the controversial behavior of certain Danish soldiers during a shoot-out with Taliban fighters. The film-makers repeatedly risked their lives shooting this tense, brilliantly edited, and visually sophisticated probe into the psychology of young men in the midst of a senseless war whose victims are primarily local villagers. Yet more disturbing than scenes in which Taliban bullets whiz past their cameras is the footage of the young soldiers as each tries
Genre: Documentary, War
Director(s): Janus Metz
Production: New Yorker
  10 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
105 min
$10,347
Website
86 Views


it looks like in a place like that.

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You also have to

keep an eye on yourself.

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You're not wacko, just because

you laugh at some irrelevant stuff.

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You need normality, 'cause this is so

meaningless that you can't grasp it.

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- Susanne speaking.

- Hi, it's Mads.

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Hi, Mads.

I was hoping it was you.

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- How are you?

- Fine. How about you?

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That's much more interesting.

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- I'm fine. we're in Armadillo.

- Okay.

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- What's Dad up to?

- He sitting right here.

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I'll let you talk to him.

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- Hi, Mads.

- Hi, Dad. How are you?

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We're fine, Mads.

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But yesterday

your mother had a fright -

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- when the phone rang

in the middle of the night.

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I didn't hear it, but she did.

It scared the daylights out of her.

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Your first thought is that

something terrible has happened.

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But it was a business call from India

about something they're printing -

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- and they forgot

about the time difference.

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Since we left Denmark,

the enemy's objective hasn't changed.

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The Taliban's objective is

to destabilize security in Helmand -

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- and undermine the locals' trust

in the ISAF forces.

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It's important to get

into Haftaran and Athakhan -

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- to establish contact with the people.

when you eat your field rations -

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- and there's something

you don't like -

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- I suggest you save it

and bring it on patrol.

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Give it to the children

as a sign of goodwill.

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Rules of engagement.

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Remember that self defense

can apply prior to being fired upon.

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Such as by confirmed weapons or

people moving into a position to fire.

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Yes. Go get ready.

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Listen up. Line up, so 6-5 can take

our picture before our first patrol.

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