Four US soldiers survive a massacre in France in WWII and find themselves trapped on the German side of the front. When they come across a British pilot who just bailed from his plane, and find out that he has important information about a German offensive, they began to make their way through the countryside to find a friendly unit and relay the info to the allies. The film is shot in the winter in France and the imagery is stark and beautiful, the silence of a snow covered forest rudely interrupted by rifles that insist on their own primacy. We also see the landscape of the soldiers psyche from five distinct perspectives as each of them deals with the ridiculous nature of war and what they learn about themselves, each other and the enemy.
4-stars (out of 5)
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