A Soldier's Sweetheart

The Warrior ( Original title: A Soldier's Sweetheart) is an American film drama directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly from 1998 The script by Thomas Michael Donnelly is based on the short story Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong from the book The Things They Carried by Tim. O'Brien.

Action

The events are shown from the perspective of Rat Kiley tells the story of an officer in the field.

A unit of paramedics is used in 1967 during the Vietnam War. Council Kiley describes the situation mocking the enemy leave the unit alone because they send wounded soldiers back to the United States, which help to demoralize the Americans. The unit shares her camp with the Green Berets, a special unit.

Fossie can get its living in Cleveland, Ohio girlfriend Marianne. They quickly gaining the sympathy of the soldiers. One night wakes Fossie Kiley and says Marianne had disappeared. Kiley checks to see if she spends the night with one of the soldiers, then they search the camp without finding them. In the morning the armed Marianne returns with a patrol of the Green Berets. Fossie talking seriously with her, but she disappears together with the special unit for three weeks. After returning Marianne moves in with the Green Berets. She tells Fossie how alive and electrified it feels in use.

Marianne sometimes accepts missions, which are the other elite soldiers too dangerous. One day she goes into the jungle and disappears without a trace there. It is a weapon never found a body or Marianne. Kiley is transferred to another unit.

The narrative is interrupted by an attack by the Vietnamese. Kiley is cut off during the fight in the jungle of his unit. Suddenly he sees Marianne, who sneaks through the jungle. He follows her without a word.

Reviews

Elspeth Haughton wrote in Apollo Guide, the film is a metaphor for lost innocence, as you would know from many other Vietnam films. The film draw from that a woman located in the traditionally male- occupied territory. Your " amazonian " Psyche put human brutality Represents the concept was " clever", but the realization of Donnelly is bad. The voice-over narration of disturbing the identification with the participants of the story ("a strategy did yanks us from the story 's substance" ). The allegories are often too " clichéd ". Most of the characters are poorly developed.

Awards

The film won in 1999 for the sound editor the Golden Reel Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Background

The movie was filmed in New Zealand. It had its world premiere on 9 June 1998 at the Seattle International Film Festival. On September 16, 1998, he was presented at the Toronto Film Festival.

Combat Girls 1998 in film Screenplay Film score Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. Toronto International Film Festival
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