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'71

2014 · 1h 39m · R Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Directed by Yann Demange

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Overview

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

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96%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The film doesn't take sides, but shows how conflict stirs the pot of human emotions and how quickly things can get out of control. And it shows that in war, no one is right.

Adam Graham, Detroit News
Fresh

Demange's feature debut miraculously distills the often Byzantine nature of the power politics behind The Troubles in a deeply intimate chamber piece about a single day in the life of a British soldier.

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

People died, but it's more than the bombs, bullets and bodies. The more fascinating damage was done to psyches and souls, and Demange, with '71, comes for yours.

Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail
Fresh

The movie excites, but intelligently, without stoking blood lust or Old Testament revenge impulses.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten

If you are in the mood for a confusing and thoroughly depressing immersion into Irish history, you can't do better. But that would be a very odd mood to be in.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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