The Colonial Friend (2004)
In 1940 France went to war against Germany and announced not only the mobilization of its territory, but also of its colonies. Senegalese family man Aby enlists in the army, distinguishes himself in battle, and is captured. But when he returns to his country, the French army refuses to pay him for his services.
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
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The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
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This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
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One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
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