One of the most beautifully shot war movies ever.

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2020)

Putting the camera on your two protagonists for the entirety of the film is a risky move. So is telling a fictionalised story in a historical setting. But here, it absolutely pays off.
I was knocked back several times by both the horror and the beauty I was witnessing on screen. Unlike many war movies, it's not preoccupied with white male rage, mad-cap shenanigans and the gratuitous brutality of war. It focusses only on the mission the heroes, their surroundings and the many, many terrible and moving events in both in and out of the trenches.
The music, direction, production design and cinematography should all win awards for this.