Markov and Hamilton are fellow French Legionnaire's at the end of their posting in Afghanistan. An ambush results in an abdication of duty-despite it stemming from an act of fidelity. Markov joined the Legion as a foreign refugee, hoping to gain his French citizenship and provide a better life for his young son. Ultimately, the complications of immigration and legal status takes a heartbreaking turn but also a primal urge to do right by those who have committed their lives to... (Full plot summary below)
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Markov and Hamilton are fellow French Legionnaire's at the end of their posting in Afghanistan. An ambush results in an abdication of duty-despite it stemming from an act of fidelity. Markov joined the Legion as a foreign refugee, hoping to gain his French citizenship and provide a better life for his young son. Ultimately, the complications of immigration and legal status takes a heartbreaking turn but also a primal urge to do right by those who have committed their lives to saving others'.
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| Chicago ReaderBen SachsThe characters are nicely written and performed and writer-director Sarah Leonor demonstrates an assured, literary sense of time passing. Yet the film is constricted by its narrow tonal range; everything unfolds in the same blandly naturalistic register. |
| The Film StageForrest CardamenisThe Great Man is enjoyable in part because its characters are well-defined without obviously taking the story in one direction or another. |
| User ReviewLeena LI was invited to the showing and the following Q&A session with the director, daughter of a friend. I did not know what to expect, except legionairs and afghanistan. The film was enjoyable, oddly so. Interesting insight to the life and code of legionairs and the life of illegal immigrants in France. According to the legionairs' code it is a worse crime to leave behind your weapon than your dying brother in arms. who knew. What I did know was that French audience is picky and they are not afraid to make their opinions known to the director or anyone else for that matter. And they love their voice and make a point of saying something, even if there is no point in what they say. We left after an hour into the Q&A, as it was 11pm... |
