Father & Soldier

2022 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / History / War

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 8 reviews
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 1704 1.7K

Plot summary

1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to join his 17-year-old son, Thierno, who has been forcibly recruited. Sent to the front, they will have to face the war together. While Thierno learns to become a man, Bakary will do everything to bring him back safely.

Director

Mathieu Vadepied Photo
Mathieu Vadepied

Top cast

Omar Sy Photo
Omar Sy as Bakary Diallo
François Chattot Photo
François Chattot as Général Chambreau
Jonas Bloquet Photo
Jonas Bloquet as Lieutenant Chambreau
Anthony Paliotti Photo
Anthony Paliotti as Soldat blanc 1 champ ossements
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
922.29 MB
1280*690
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 1
1.85 GB
1920*1036
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by milesh-42110 7 / 10

Tremendous potential, slightly disappointing plot

The Senegalese Tirailleurs fought with distinction in both world wars. They were often involved in the bloodiest battles of the Great War. This film had real potential to showcase their heroic feats but unfortunately our protagonist was a deserter desperate to incite others to escape with him and undermine their officer's authority.Whilst I agree desertion happened frequently across the front, this shouldn't have been the plot for the one rare instance we get a film about such a little known and decorated military formation...I hope this film encourages other Directors to create more films about the Colonial units that fought in both wars. Their sacrifices often overlooked and / or forgotten.
Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Wartime movie about a father and a son and how they face the situation of a bloody world war

Set in Senegal in 1917, the story follows Bakary (Omar Sy) and his son Thierno (Alassane Diong) , who are forced to fight on the French side during the First World War. They have no alternative, because the French have guns and they don't and although they try to escape, they are captured and taken to the front of the war.The director of photography for Untouchables by Eric Toledano and Oliver Nakache, Mathieu Vadepied, and one of its iconic protagonists, Omar Sy, come together again in this war drama set during World War I, in which a father enlists himself in the French Army in order to be with his 17-year-old son who was recruited against his will. Sent to the front, they find themselves facing the war together in the French colony of Senegal during WWI , when all they want is to return home. The film led the French box office for its first four weeks in theaters. There are combats, few and limited, and intense drama, which begins as a critique of colonialism and ends as patriotic glorification. The picture has the merit of constructing an anti-war discourse with transparency and simplicity. But there is no a specific description of the battles, denouncing the forced recruitment of the Africans on the French front and the useless heroism displayed by the not very patriotic soldiers, but especially highlighting the sacrifice and obstinacy of a good father who wants to save his son at any cost, as he attempts to protect, save and rescue him at any price and even his own. Apparently, it carries out a revision of the French colonial past, but the film can be considered as an ambiguous revision that ends in the most dull and ordinary patriotism. Director Mathieu Vadepied met actor Omar Sy during the filming of Intocable (2011), where he was the director of photography. The main star is Omar Sy, who holds up with his charisma; Sy was attached to star in Tirailleurs (2022) for years during development, until he became too old to play the role of the son, and thought about just producing and not starring. Sy is building a French and nternational career including successful films, such as X-Men: Days of Future Past , Jurassic World, Jurassic world: dominion, The Call of the Wild, Le flic de Belleville, Tansformers: The last Knight, Untouchables, and several others.The film was professionally -but slowly- directed by Mathieu Vadepied. The movie had its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival as the opening film in the "Un Certain Regard" section on 18 May 2022 Cannes Film Festival and Nominated Un Certain Regard Award: Mathieu Vadepied and Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival winner Best Actor Omar Sy . Mathieu Vadepied is a good craftsman, a cameraman, production designer and director, being known for La vie en grand, En Thérapie, Sur mes lèvres, Untouchables, among others. Rating: 6/10. For anti-war activists fascinated by the strange beauty of war in cinema.
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