The Officers' Ward

The Officers' Ward

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Release Date

9/26/2001

Runtime

135 mins

Overview

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A quiet, introspective film about a soldier's long convalescence during WWI, where physical recovery becomes inseparable from emotional reckoning. The hospital becomes a space where men grapple with what they've lost and who they might become.

Mood

MelancholicWistful

Themes

IdentityWarLoveMortalityComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

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