OF MEN AND WAR (VO)

DIRECTOR'S CUT 142 MINUTES-IN ENGLISH, NO SUBTITLES

By Laurent BÉCUE-RENARD

ALICE FILMS - as PROD

Epic - Completed 2014

Years after coming home, a dozen veterans continue to wrestle demons from the front lines. Will their therapist help them find meaning in their trauma and leave the war behind?

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes 2014
Official Selection, Special Screening
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Epic, Second film, Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 142 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Laurent BÉCUE-RENARD
    • Writer(s)
    • Laurent BÉCUE-RENARD
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/FF47-1FAF-1CE7-16D4-15BB-2
    • Producer(s)
    • Laurent BÉCUE-RENARD (ALICE FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Anger consumes a dozen combat vets long after their return from the front. The warriors in Of Men and War have come home to the United States, but their minds are stuck out on the battlefield. Like figures from a Greek tragedy, all have traumatic memories that haunt them to this day. Ghosts and echoes of the war fill their lives. Threats seem to spring out from everywhere. Wives, children, and parents bear the brunt of their fractured spirits.
      At The Pathway Home, a first-of-its-kind PTSD therapy center, the film's protagonists resolve to end the ongoing destruction. Their therapist is a Vietnam vet himself, helping the young men forge meaning from their trauma. Over years of therapy, Of Men and War explores their grueling paths to recovery, as they attempt to make peace with themselves, their past, and their families.