Deep in the rocky Mojave desert lies a small military town named Twentynine Palms. Neighbouring a large Marine Corps base, it welcomes troops home all year long, coming back from Irak and Afghanistan. In leave or already back to training, these young men fill long hours by themselves, among brothers or during family time, in a surrounding with a powerful evocation of the war that is just behind them. This ordinary daily life, where war shows up with no warning, reveals to these men the painful feeling of being a stranger to their own life.
Production: Les Productions du Verger & Cellulo Prod
Co-production: CBA
2015:
Cinéma du Réel, France, 03/15
Doc en Mai, Bordeaux, France, 05/15
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 08/15
Milano Film Festival, Italy, 09/15
Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland, 09/15
War On Screen, Châlons-en-Champagne, France, 09/15
Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, USA, 10/15
RIDM, Canada, 11/15
Ourense Film festival, Spain, 11/15
Mois du Doc, France, 11/15
Filmer à Tout Prix, Belgium, 11/15
Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal, 12/15
DMZ Documentary Film Festival, Gyeonggido, South Korea, 09/15
Detour Festival, Padova, Italy, 10/15
Cinéma Vérité – Iran International Documentary FF, 12/15
2016:
Filmer le travail, Poitiers, France, 02/16
Green Film festival, South Korea, 05/16
Festifreak, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10/16
