Armadillo

Director:

Janus Metz

Country:

Denmark

Duration:

100Min

Year of production:

2010

Movies language:

Subtitles language (s):

Cinematography:

Lars Skree

Sound:

Dolby Digital

Editing:

Per K. Kirkegaard

Production:

Fridthjof Film

Synopsis:

Amradillo describes the growing cynicism and the adrenaline addiction among young soldiers at war. Mads and Daniel are sent to Afghanistan for their first mission as soldiers. They have to help the Afghan people but the harsher the combats grew the more cynic these soldiers became and the gap between them and the Afghan civilization got broader. Armadillo is a psychological travel between these soldiers. This is an exceptional movie with an actual dramatization on a mythic subject: man at war.

Screenings:

Senghor

Sunday 6/04 - 1pm

PointCulture - ULB

Thuesday 8/04 - 6.30 pm

AWARDS:

2010. Festival de Cannes. France (Grand prix de la semaine internationale de la critique)
2010. London Film Festival. Royaume-Uni (Grierson Award)
2010. Zurich Film Festival. Suisse (Golden Eye)
2011. Robert Festival. Danemark (Robert Award)
2011. RiverRun International Film Festival. USA (Jury Prize)
2011. Bodil Award. Danemark (Best Cinematography & Best Documentary)

Bio Director:

Janus Metz was born in 1974 in Denmark. After his work on a tragedy in Johannesburg, he starts the project of his first movie in 2002, Township Boys, a short film on the gangs of South Africa. In 2008, Janus Metz produces two ambitious documentaries on marriages of convenience, quite common between Danes and young Thais. These documentaries achieve great success on the Danish television and in loads of other countries. In 2010, Janus Metz produces Armadillo, an enthralling documentary about the Afghan war. The same year, his movie won the great prize of critic at the Festival de Cannes.