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Na trama, o soldado americano Will é mandado para casa após ferir-se no Iraque. Ele tem ainda três meses de serviço, e é remanejado para a divisão de notificação de falecimento de militares no front a familiares. Para enfrentar este trabalho doloroso, ele conta com um parceiro mais velho e mais experiente, Tony, com quem acaba desenvolvendo uma grande amizade. Contudo, um dia Will quebra o código de conduta e se apaixona por uma das viúvas que encontra em serviço, Olívia, e a paixão o coloca em um terrível dilema moral.
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband’s death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
Featuring tour-de-force performances from Foster, Harrelson and Morton, and a brilliant directorial debut by Oren Moverman, The Messenger brings us into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and dignity.
Direção: Oren Moverman
Roteiro: Oren Moverman
Estúdio: Oscilloscope Pictures
Gênero: Drama
Elenco: Jena Malone, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Ben Foster
