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Released for the first time with a new cut by director Martin Huberty, Deserter is the gritty true story of an idealistic young English gentleman Simon Murray (Paul Fox) driven to join the French Foreign Legion after a failed romance. Simon’s romantic illusions are soon shattered when he encounters his fellow recruits, including Dupont (Tom Hardy.) They have all volunteered to escape a past far less innocent than Simon’s. A sadistic training routine forges the recruits together. As fully-fledged Legionnaires they set out to do battle against the insurgents facing deadly firefights among the villages, hills and deserts of North Africa. But when French President De Gaulle grants Algerian independence, the Legion sides with the ‘Pied Noir’ French Nationalists against mother France. Loyalties are torn apart. Comrade is turned against comrade. Simon and Dupont must face each other across a moral divide, their conscience dictating their actions; blurring the distinction between hero and deserter.
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Deserter
Really enjoyed this. It's not your usual Foreign Legion movie.It's not an out and out action movie, but it's tough hitting and Tom Hardy gives a great performance, as always. It's set in the early 1960s during a really interesting period of French and Algerian history as the Algerians fight for independence from France. When the French President gives in and grants independence, the Legion sides against France and fights on. This film explains much of the background political events that leads to The Day of the Jackal movie assassination attempt on the French President. Recommended for age 13 up.
Excellent film!!!
All around very well done. Recommend!
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