And Sonneborn herself remains coolly aloof, her own commentary carefully underplayed. When she arrives in Que Son, the event itself seems anticlimactic, of more intrinsic interest to her personally than any point it makes for the movie. The achievement is in the statements garnered from the widows on both sides. These women speak from their hearts and their honesty fills the screen. Some are more articulate than others, as would be expected, but each adds a dimension to understanding the pain and suffering that the war brought, pain and suffering that does not go away.
Nothing is black or white.