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Ward 54

Original title: Ward 54
Year: 2010
Running time: 63 min.
Country: Italy
Director: Monica Maggioni
Screenwriter: Monica Maggioni, Dario Curatolo
Cast: Documentary
Music: Luca Velotti
Cinematography: Greg Brault, Dado Carillo, Silvio Giulietti, Giuseppe Malpasso
Producer: Co-production Italy-United States;
Mediakite, RAI Cinema
Genre: Documentary | Iraq War
Synopsis: Kris Goldsmith is a soldier in the US Army. On his return to Iraq he finds himself unable to deal with what he has experienced. In Baghdad his job is to photograph and classify Iraqi bodies, but when faced with the horror of a mass grave something triggers off inside him. He has nightmares and continuous flashbacks. When he goes home he is suffering from Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder but nobody manages to fully grasp his desperation. Doctors diagnose severe depression, but the army orders him back to Iraq, despite his request to be discharged. During a Memorial Day ceremony, Kris attempts suicide. His is a lucid story, a denouncement of a United States ready to send soldiers to war but not willing to deal with the trauma of those who return. Kris travels across the USA to the Lucey home to visit Jeff's parents. Jeff was a Marine who killed himself when he returned home from Iraq. Jeff's father Kevin tells his heartrending story...

Awards: 2010: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

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Ward 54

2010

Monica Maggioni