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A War
Why this pick
Its restrained frontline realism and moral pressure echo Sand Castle’s focus on impossible decisions made inside a foreign intervention, with tension rooted in duty rather than heroics.
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MOVIE2017 1h 54m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Logan Marshall-Green
Sergeant Harper
Beau Knapp
Sergeant Burton
Parker Sawyers
Sergeant Robinson
Sammy Sheik
Mahmoud
Gonzalo Menendez
Haring
Navid Negahban
Kadeer
Osy Ikhile
Pepps
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Sergeant Cole