Stopover, The

Product Description

On their way home from Afghanistan, a band of French soldiers stop in Cyprus for decompression: three days at a sun-splashed resort, where they will undergo intense psychological debriefing. There, amidst the crystal-blue waters and hordes of vacationing tourists, Marine (Soko) and Aurore (Ariane Labed) two of only three women in their male-dominated unit confront rage, trauma, and army sexism as they struggle to readjust to normal life. This riveting drama winner of the Best Screenplay award in the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes is an all-too-rare exploration of war s psychological wounds on female soldiers.

Review

Packed with piercing performances and tense as a climber's rope as it descends to a disturbing climax, this is a cracking good film. --The Hollywood Reporter

Sensually rendered but tough-as-twine. As cuttingly observed as it is pristinely composed. Few, if any, previous films have explored the pysche of military women in the Middle East conflict with quite such shading and sensitivity. --Variety

Powerful and compelling. A scintillating investigation into memory, guilt and what it means to be a woman in an aggressively masculine environment. --One Room With a View