2017 · war · thriller
Dunkirk
Directed by Christopher Nolan1h 47m2017
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Our read: Dunkirk (2017) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded war · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Dunkirk counts for 2 challenges
Sombre, kinetic, extreme war / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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