February-26 FRI, 27 SAT, 28 SUN 7pm:
An MBC Premiere «DIGITAL» Presentation!
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
OSCAR NOMINEE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR!
Miami Theatrical DIGITAL Premiere!
Directed by Oren Moverman/2009/105mins.)
With Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Armys Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husbands death, Wills emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief and friendship.
WINNER: Grand Prize, Deauville American Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival Peace Film Award, Best Screenplay
2010 NOMINEE: 2010 Independent Spirit Award Best First Feature,
Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Female & Best Supporting Male
2010 Golden Globe Award Nominee Best Actor in a Supporting Role
“FULLY FELT, MORALLY ALERT, MARVELOUSLY ACTED “If anyone asks you where the NEW GREAT DIRECTORS are coming from, point to Oren Moverman”-Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“The Messenger offers one of the most shrewdly perceptive portraits of military men to have appeared in American movies since such classics as From Here To Eternity and The Last Detail”-David Denby, New Yorker
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