It is an amazing film! Without making any clear, explicit political statement, it fully uncovers the brutality, irrationality and usefulness of any war and army. This is through a very interesting and very well directed story connecting personal feelings, characters, relations with shocking pictures, action and anxiety. Actually, the most shocking and unforgettable part for me was after the film: I watched it during the Thessaloniki Film Festival and the director was there for a Q&A session. The first question was whether there are any autobiographic elements in the film and the very simple, modest and direct answer was that the director was itself part of the tank crew, the gunner, maybe the most tragic figure in the film!
