Shell Shock (2009)
"Triage" (original title)

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

Director:

Danis Tanovic

Writers:

Danis Tanovic, Scott Anderson (book)

Stars:

Colin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Paz Vega

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Farrell	...	Mark Walsh
Jamie Sives	...	David
Paz Vega	...	Elena Morales
Kelly Reilly	...	Diane
Branko Djuric	...	Dr. Talzani
Mozaffar Shafeie	...	Talzani's Assitant
Kae Bahar	...	Wounded Man (as Karzan Sherabayani)
Luis Callejo	...	Pesh Merga Commander
Alex Spijksma	...	Pesh Merga Sergeant (as Alejandro Sánchez)
Ian McElhinney	...	Ivan
Juliet Stevenson	...	Amy
Michelle Hartman	...	Nurse
Eileen Walsh	...	Dr. Christopher
Nick Dunning	...	Dr. Hersbach
Christopher Lee	...	Joaquín Morales

Storyline

Mark and David are best friends, photo journalists going from war to war. In the spring of 1988, they're in Kurdistan, at an isolated mountain clinic, waiting for an offensive. David's had enough - he wants to go home to Dublin to his pregnant wife. He leaves, with Mark promising to follow in a few days. A week or so later, Mark's home after being wounded, but David's not been heard from. Mark's slow recovery and uncharacteristic behavior alarm his girlfriend, Elena, who asks her grandfather, a Spanish psychologist, to come to Dublin to help. Are there things the carefree and detached journalist is bottling up? Is he a casualty of war?

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Plot Keywords:

photojournalist | best friend | kurdistan | severed leg | ireland | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for war violence, disturbing images, language, brief sexuality and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Bac Films [fr]

Country:

Ireland Spain Belgium France

Language:

English Kurdish Spanish Swahili French

Release Date:

13 November 2009 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Shell Shock

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parallel Film Productions, Asap Films, Freeform Spain

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Danis Tanovic's second film with English as its main language.

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Quotes

Mark Walsh: [about his scars] I fell into a river and got dragged over some rocks.

User Reviews

Moving on

If you like this movie, you should go out and buy/rent "No man's land" from the same director. I haven't seen "L'Enfer" yet, but I'm sure that one is good too. At first I was amazed by the actors at hand here, but the script proves to have been a big part in their involvement. The dialogue and the delivery is just spot on.

And when you watch Christopher Lee going one-on-one with Colin Farrell, you just wish there could have been more scenes, with those two together. There is a great chemistry surrounding them and when they grace the screen together it's almost like magic. There is this constant pushing and delivering, that makes those scenes special.

But of course, the rest of the movie is not lacking in tension and/or good performances. Quite the contrary. Especially the doctor and the others involved all have there scenes. The editing does the rest and makes this more than above average.