The Messenger (2009/I)
Director: Oren Moverman
Cast: Ben Foster, Dale Soules, Eamonn Walker, Jena Malone, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Woody Harrelson
Synopsis:
Cast: Ben Foster, Dale Soules, Eamonn Walker, Jena Malone, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Woody Harrelson
Synopsis:
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Armys Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husbands death.
MRQE Metric: 70
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