Of Men and War

Synopsis

Anger consumes a dozen combat vets long after their return from the front. The warriors in Of Men and War have come home to the United States, but their minds are stuck out on the battlefield. Like figures from a Greek tragedy, all have traumatic memories that haunt them to this day. Ghosts and echoes of the war fill their lives. Threats seem to spring out from everywhere. Wives, children, and parents bear the brunt of their fractured spirits.

Director Biography

Beginning with the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, French filmmaker Laurent Bécue-Renard has been documenting war and its aftermath through various media including the feature documentary War-Wearied (2001). Of Men and War (2014) represents the second part of an ongoing trilogy entitled A Genealogy of Wrath.