Set in the Netherlands at the end of WWII, this touching story explores the complex relationship between a soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy, told through flashbacks.
Based on the autobiographical novel For a Lost Soldier by Rudi van Dantzig. Buy the book on Amazon.
For a Lost Soldier is beautifully photographed and emotionally restrained, using wartime memory to explore a formative relationship that remains controversial because of the age difference involved. The film approaches the recollection with melancholy rather than sensationalism, and its strongest moments come from the tension between tenderness, distance and the unreliability of memory.
Set in the Netherlands at the end of WWII, this touching story explores the complex relationship between a soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy, told through flashbacks.
Based on the autobiographical novel For a Lost Soldier by Rudi van Dantzig. Buy the book on Amazon.
For a Lost Soldier is beautifully photographed and emotionally restrained, using wartime memory to explore a formative relationship that remains controversial because of the age difference involved. The film approaches the recollection with melancholy rather than sensationalism, and its strongest moments come from the tension between tenderness, distance and the unreliability of memory.
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