First Stripes (Premières Armes)

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2018

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Linda Barnard

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Apr 6, 2020

Caissy focuses the camera on the trainees' faces in the dressing-down exchanges, rather than the man barking the orders/lectures (all the superiors are males). The approach keeps attention on the recruits, a reminder that this is their story.

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Nathanael Hood

Unseen Films

Dec 27, 2018

6/10

You can't sneak Wagner's Prelude from Das Rheingold into a film about soldiers and NOT be making some kind of statement.

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Brett Pardy

Seventh Row

Jul 4, 2018

It's a far cry from the optimistic peacekeeping image taught in Canadian schools and promoted internationally.

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Jean-François Caissy

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Director: Jean-François Caissy

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