Kriget (A War)

 

Kriget (A War) 2015

• Director: Tobias Lindholm
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Pilou Asbaek, Tuva Novotny
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Pilou Asbaek – Ghost in the Shell, Lucy
• Tuva Novotny -Annihilation, Jalla! Jalla!
• Why? Possibly interesting
• Seen: 29 August 2022      

       Claus Michael (Asbaeck) is a Danish soldier in Afghanistan. His wife Maria (Novotny) is home in Denmark raising the three kids. They speak briefly and irregularly and frustratingly on the phone.

       What’s the point of this film? War is hell? War is meaningless? Bad decisions lead to the deaths of soldiers and civilians? Soldiers suffer guilt and trauma from killing? It’s hard to judge who the enemy is? Wives and kids at home have it rough too?

       Don’t we know all this?

       Maybe we need to be reminded. The film is well done with good acting and no frills. It’s a good film, just not the kind that moves me, a life-long pacifist and peace activist. 

3 ½* of 5