Triage (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | triage |
| Original title | triage |
| Country of production | Ireland , France , Spain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Danis Tanovic |
| script | Danis Tanovic |
| production | Marc Baschet, Cédomir Kolar, Alan Moloney |
| music | Lucio Godoy |
| camera | Seamus Deasy |
| cut |
Francesca Calvelli , Gareth Young |
| occupation | |
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Triage is an Irish - French - Spanish drama from 2009 starring Colin Farrell , Paz Vega and Christopher Lee , based on the novel by Scott Anderson .
action
The war photographer and good friend Mark Walsh and David photo document the life of a Kurdish rebel group in their camp in Kurdistan during the Anfal operation 1988/1989. They also observe the eponymous triage - sorting out war wounded - Dr. Talzani. The doomed from its point of view and under the given conditions casualties are brought into the open by himself shot . David, who gets along much less well with what he's seen than Mark, urges him to leave the camp, but Mark persuades David to at least wait for the offensive announced for the next few days . When the two of them document a rebel attack on an Iraqi convoy and the offensive is postponed again, David leaves the group to walk back to the camp and from there home. The film jumps here and continues with Mark who is injured in the camp undergoing triage. However, he recovers from his injuries and is able to return home to his wife Elena. Here he learns that David has not yet returned. Mark is changed after his return, he plays down his injuries and is rather taciturn and absent. After a breakdown, he is admitted to a hospital, where shrapnel is removed from his head. His wife is concerned that he has not told her about it and calls in her grandfather, who worked as a psychiatrist in the Franco regime . He begins to have apparently harmless conversations with Mark, which gradually bring him closer to Mark's problem. Finally, in the presence of David's heavily pregnant wife Diane, Mark reports that he and David left the offensive and wanted to return to camp on foot. David was seriously injured by a grenade . Diane goes into labor while being told and has to be rushed to the hospital. Here Mark tells Elena and her grandfather the rest of the events: While he wants to bring David piggyback to camp, the two have to cross a river. When David clings to Mark in a panic, Mark threatens to drown. Mark manages to break free, but David dies and Mark lets his dead friend drift down the river.
Reviews
- Cinema writes: "In the film, however, he [Danis Tanovic] only partially succeeds in portraying the inner turmoil of his character in a credible manner" but at the same time he staged "restrained and impressively factual".
- Moviemaze writes: "An interesting project about morality and guilt, in which some potential has been wasted."
- eFilmCritric.com writes: "There are tiny pockets of sincerity here worth a view, but the lasting essence is missing, making" Triage "a half-realized affair with enough stillborn passion for three movies."
- Virtual DVD Magazine writes: "Authentic and realistic anti-war drama about a war photographer who struggles with the psychological consequences after his return - with Colin Farrell and Christopher Lee at their best."
Production details
The film was shot in Ireland and Spain between April and June 2008.
Web links
- Triage in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Triage in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for triage . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 939 V).
- ↑ DVD review on cinema.de (accessed on August 7, 2011)
- ↑ criticism from cinemaze.de
- ^ Review on eFilmCritic.com
- ↑ criticism dvd-magazine.eu
- ↑ Filming location on imdb.com