1996 · drama · war · military
Captain Conan
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier2h 13m1996
The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.
Our read: Captain Conan (1996) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · war · military entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
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