Thousand Words: A Nightmare Called Belfast (’71, 2014)
In 1971, Private Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell), a young British soldier from Derbyshire, arrives in Belfast with his platoon. His…
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Four Frames: Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier, 2011)
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