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Armadillo

Denmark

2010

101 Min
Color
1.85:1
English, Pashtu, Danish
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DIR Janus Metz Pedersen

PROD Ronnie Fridthjof, Sara Stockmann

DP Lars Skree

ED Per K. Kirkegaard

MUSIC Uno Helmersson, Mug Shot

Cannes (Semaine de la critique), Karlovy Vary (Documentary Films in Competition), Toronto (Real to Reel), London (Cinema Europa): Best Documentary, São Paulo (International Perspective), Vancouver, SXSW (SX Global), Transilvania (What's Up Doc), Helsinki (Danish Treats), Melbourne (Documentaries), Belfast (Documentary)

Synopsis

Documentarist Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skee spent six months with young Danish soldiers in Afghanistan. The result is a gripping and highly authentic war drama that was awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at Cannes 2010 film festival.

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Andrew James

17Jul12

A game-changer - and one of the best war films ever made. One of the greats.

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Omnimog

15May12

A perfect documentary on so many levels. Incredibly well directed and edited, not biased or coloured in any way. And a director well placed in a position as an observer only, even though the drama goes sky high when the troops suddenly are beeing under attack. This is the real story of a group of young, danish men, their dreams, their illusions, and how these experiences mark them and their loved ones as they endure.

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philosilentio

21Apr12

Ein Film ohne jegliche Antwort doch mit unzähligen brennenden Fragen nach dem medialen, ethischen und philosophischen Verhältnis zwischen der filmisch vermittelten Realität und deren ästhetischen Genuss . Dieser Film fordert einen völlig neuen Umgang damit auf. Und zwar auf eine aufdringlichste Weise. Er ist ein kopernikanisches Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner simulierbaren Wirklichkeit.

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Michael Harbour

16Jan12

Excellent documentary about life on the front lines in Afghanistan

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London Film Festival 2010. Lineup

By David Hudson on September 7, 2010

The 54th BFI London Film Festival will open on October 13 with Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go and close on October 28 with Danny Boyle's

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Toronto Lineup. Wavelengths and Documentaries

By David Hudson on August 3, 2010

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ARMADILLO Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
[With brilliant Danish war documentary Armadillo beginning a limited Toronto run on Friday we revisit my previous review.]Director Janus Metz made news when his war documentary Armadillo became the first
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SXSW 2011: ARMADILLO Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
[With Janus Metz’s Armadillo now screening at SXSW we revisit Todd Brown’s previous review.]Director Janus Metz made news when his war documentary Armadillo became the first documentary ever to screen
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ARMADILLO Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[Our thanks to Brandon Tenold for the following review.]Danish director Januz Metz Pedersen has set a new standard for intimacy in war documentary filmmaking with his debut feature Armadillo, a film that
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SXSW 2011: ARMADILLO Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[With Janus Metz’s Armadillo now screening at SXSW we revisit Todd Brown’s previous review.]Director Janus Metz made news when his war documentary Armadillo became the first documentary ever to screen
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Cannes 2010: Astounding Trailer For Danish War Documentary ARMADILLO

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
One of the buzz films of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Armadillo is one of those films that entered the festival quietly but is leaving with a bang. A Danish war documentary set in the current Afghan
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ARMADILLO Coming To US Screens In Early 2011

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Some fantastic news here with word that stellar Danish war documentary Armadillo will be coming to US screens in early 2011 via Lorber Films. The first documentary ever selected to the Critics Week program
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Cannes 2010: Astounding Trailer For Danish War Documentary ARMADILLO

By Twitchfilm.net on September 15, 2010
One of the buzz films of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Armadillo is one of those films that entered the festival quietly but is leaving with a bang. A Danish war documentary set in the current Afghan
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

TIFF 2010: ARMADILLO Review

By Twitchfilm.net on September 11, 2010
Director Janus Metz made news when his war documentary Armadillo became the first documentary ever to screen as part of Critics’ Week in Cannes. It made even more news when it took home the top prize
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Une autre vision du documentaire

By Benoît on February 6, 2012

Armadillo est de loin un documentaire vraiment étrange. Très fictionnalisé, il n’en demeure pas moins l’une des oeuvres les plus réalistes jamais tournées sur la guerre en Afghanistan, tâchant de démontrer…  read review

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