La miséricorde de la jungle
The Congolese Civil War is the second largest military conflict in the last hundred years, trailing only World War II. Millions have died or become refugees. But it’s not a very well-known war. There are hardly any pictures because the battle is taking place in the jungle. Which is also where the Rwandan sergeant Xavier and the Congolese recruit Faustin are. They have lost their battalion and have to rejoin the main forces in the west under their own steam. Rebel factions, criminals and enemy villagers form an obstacle and they are forced to trek through the thick jungle.
During a journey filled with hunger, wild animals and malaria, the bond between these two soldiers grows. The horrors of war intervene in the form of hallucinations and memories. The jungle, which is portrayed in turn as claustrophobic and grand, is a parallel world that brings humanity back to the exhausted men.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Belgium, France
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 91"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
You may also like this
-
Last Night I Saw You Smiling
Kavich Neang documents the final days of the White Building in Phnom Penh, an architectural landmark he had lived in since birth.
-
Walking in Darkness
A man’s quest for his runaway son, presented in a stylish narrative in which confusion slowly makes way for realisation.
-
Mens
Among his deceased grandmother’s possessions, Jean finds a report on an almost forgotten murder from 1895.