Down with the Sickness: Amelio Probes Wartime Ethical Dilemmas
The tagline for Battlefield, the latest from Italian auteur Gianni Amelio, could very well read “You gotta be cruel to be kind,” seeing as it turns on complex ethical dilemmas between two diametrically opposed physicians working side by side in a military hospital in the twilight of WWI. Loosely based on the 2018 novel The Challenge by Carlo Patriarca, it’s a narrative which features Amelio’s significant interests in humans whose experiences are incredibly hobbled either by social expectations or reality, where vestiges of authentic humanity are relegated to the outskirts of society.… Read the rest
