Towards the Battle

Original title: Vers la bataille

2019
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

118

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Adventure Drama

The story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the French Army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war that is ravaging the country. Onc... Read allThe story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the French Army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war that is ravaging the country. Once he is there, nothing goes as planned. Never in the right place at the right time to see ... Read allThe story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the French Army to send him to Mexico to photograph the colonial war that is ravaging the country. Once he is there, nothing goes as planned. Never in the right place at the right time to see the battles, Louis can't snap a single picture of the war. But his encounter with Pinto, a... Read all

Director
- Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Writers
- Olivier Demangel
- Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

118

YOUR RATING

Director
- Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Writers
- Olivier Demangel
- Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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7/10

Under obvious influence

Or when Werner Herzog meets Jim Jarmusch, or when DEAD MAN would be mixed up with AGUIRRE, or any Kelly Reichardt's film, but at a lesser scale. Pretty good little film, not for all audiences, but where the author director seems to be free to show what he feels from his heart. It is slow but never boring. An initiatory odyseey for an unusual character, but not so unusual for the French indie film industry. It is not the first of this kind. Rather sad without being totally gloomy.