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My Father's War

My Father's War

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 5, 2016

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

70%

Original Title

My Father's War

Production Companies

Sterkinekor Entertainment

Director

Craig Gardner

Description

In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.