Saints And Soldiers
Saints And Soldiers : short review
In December 1944, as the German Army advances through Belgium's Ardennes Forest, over one hundred American soldiers are taken prisoner and held captive in a snow-covered field. In a brief moment of panic, the German soldiers open fire on the unarmed prisoners, resulting in a tragic historical event that would come to be known as the Malmedy Massacre. Amidst the confusion, a handful of men manage to escape the carnage. Hiding out in the nearby woods, the survivors stumble across a lone, stranded British Intelligence officer who is in possession of information that could change the course of the war in the Allies' favour. With few weapons, no food and hindered by both the unforgiving cold and a serious clash of personalities, this small band of heroes must fight their way back toward the frontline and across to occupied Allied territory in order to deliver their valuable charge. But as their journey takes its toll, loyalties become divided and lives are placed perilously at risk.
Decades before Michael Moore, Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon and legendary French 'Nouvelle Vague' director of photography Raoul Coutard managed to get a society to reveal itself on camera... Through a series of 'innocent' interviews, a cross-section of the population confess the sins of the State as they talk about their everyday lives under the influence of 'self-determination', government policy and the Church. Invited to the Cannes Film Festival in May 1968, the year the festival collapsed, Rocky Road was taken on by the student uprising where it toured the Sorbonne faculties and spread across Universities in France, Spain, Switzerland and Belgium. But what do you do with your revolution once you have it? Not surprisingly, unable to handle the film's revolutionary content, the film was never shown in Ireland. Until, in 2004, the Irish Film Board funded its restoration and a new film 'The Making of Rocky Road', directed by Paul Duane.
PLACE: Teatro Alla Scala, December 2003 COMPANY: Corpo de Ballo del Teatro Alla Scala CHOREOGRAPHY: Roland Petit ORCHESTRA: Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala CONDUCTOR: Kevin Rhodes
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