Armadillo Page #4

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


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I don't have anything.

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I can see why the wadis

are dangerous.

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They can easily hide an IED.

The thought is sickening.

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We're most likely to go around it -

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- so it would be stupid

to put one here.

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905, I saw a man run through

the fence on the eastern side -

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- of the row of bushes

that run from north to south.

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Welcome to Nam.

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- Hey, interpreter!

- Follow me. Come.

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Hayatullah, hurry.

Don't let them onto the poppy field.

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This way. Not in the field.

I will show you.

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9-0 here. Civilians are showing us

the route around the field.

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Salaam aleikum.

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How are you? Alright?

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- Read your book.

- Are you reading? Yes.

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- It's a madrassa.

- Are you studying the Koran?

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- Have things been calm?

- How is the situation in the area?

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- Calm?

- No, where is it safe?

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- Are the Taliban in the area?

- They've taken the whole area.

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How could you not know?

They're everywhere.

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Tell us if you see anything.

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So we can get them out

of the area.

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we cannot cooperate with you.

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You come with all your weapons,

and then you leave.

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We're staying here, and then the

Taliban will come after us.

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But if you don't cooperate,

we cannot secure the area -

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- and then we can't build

a school for your kids.

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You have guns, they have guns.

If I talk, they'll cut my throat.

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- First patrol reporting!

- Look at my back!

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Look cool, man!

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Just a sec.

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First patrol reporting.

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It didn't feel like anything.

Not really.

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I probably will,

when we get into the shooting.

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