FRI-THU, JUN 03-09, 9:10pm*
& SUN, JUN 05, 5pm:
(*except WED, JUN 08)
BEST of CANNES:
Grand Prix Un Certain Regard 2010
An MBC Premiere Presentation
in collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Beach HD Digital Premiere!
(Documentary by JANUS METZ PEDERSEN/Denmark/2010/105mins.)
ARMADILLO, the first ever documentary in competition in the International Critic’s Week at Cannes, (and Grand Prize winner) is an upfront account of growing cynicism and adrenaline addiction for young soldiers at war. In February 2009 a group of Danish soldiers accompanied by documentary filmmaker Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cameraman Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of young soldiers situated less than a kilometer away from Taliban positions. The outcome of their work is a gripping and highly authentic war drama that was justly awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Armadillo is a journey into the soldier’s mind and a unique film on the mythological story of man and war, staged in its contemporary version in Afghanistan.
WINNER: Grand Prix Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard
“Surpassing comparisons to other documentaries, ARMADILLO evokes some of the greatest war films of modern cinema.”-Kino Lorber
“A MESMERIZING, BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFYING DOCUMENTARY
THAT CAN STAND AMONG THE GREATEST WAR MOVIES EVER MADE.”
-Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
“AN ASTONISHING THUNDERCLAP OF A WAR DOC. . .
[METZ HAS] THE SENSIBILITY OF AN ARTIST.”-Time Out New York