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There are a lot of war movies out there, with most of them being produced by Hollywood or other film industries from Western Europe, North America, or Australia. These are also the movies that break into the mainstream the most thanks to their tales of sacrifice and historic retellings of actual events. But to be honest, these great films don't deserve all the credit.
The plot follows Mykola , a pacifistic high school teacher who is caught off-guard as Russia invades the Donbas and kills his wife in cold blood. Vowing revenge, Mykola enlists in the military, training to be a deadly sniper. It's not the best war movie of all time by a long shot, however, it's a film that is more relevant now than it likely ever will be, as it shows how modern warfare can change people entirely, depending on their circumstances.
The reason the where or the when isn't addressed is simple: because the problems the film illustrates happen all over the place, every day. The movie is about child soldiers, who have their youths ripped away from them, replaced by bombs and bullets, and are forced to kill in order to survive. It's a crushing story that no living person should have to experience, much less children younger than ten like the ones who appear in the movie.
6 'Persepolis' Conflict: Iran-Iraq War Persepolis takes place during the Iran-Iraq War, and the Iranian Revolution the year prior, and follows a young Iranian girl who lives in an animated, monochrome world. The absence of color really speaks to how the joy that every kid should feel has been completely drained out of this young girl's world as she is forced to grow up in the shadow of war.
This movie portrays a constant battle of trauma and innocence as Ivan tries to hold onto his youth while the war tries to rip it away from him. Forced to grow up faster than any child should, Ivan's Childhood paints a picture of what war does to families, especially to young ones. The movie comes as the feature film debut of renowned Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, but you wouldn't know it, as the movie is made with all the care and finesse of a master filmmaker.
Today, it is much more widely celebrated than it was and is considered one of the best war movies ever made. The story takes place during the eponymous battle during the Algerian War and is shot in a style that isn't typical for most war films. Though many of the filmmakers and crew members were Italian, the actors, and thus, the perspectives, are all Algerian or from other Middle-Eastern and North African nations.
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