Gerard Kearns and Matthew McNulty star in this hard-hitting drama from writer Tony Marchant and director Marc Munden, which portrays the effects of war on a group of young British soldiers in Iraq.
Life-long friends Shane Gulliver (McNulty) and Mark 'Treacle' Tate (Kearns) are both 18-year-old privates serving in Basra in 2003. It's their first tour of duty and they want to go home and say they did something. But their rules of engagement as peace-keeping troops force them to face complex situations they'd never anticipated and to make instant moral judgements in a highly-charged, life-threatening and brutal environment.
The film follows these young men as they experience the reality of soldiering for the first time and are permanently affected by what they see and do. But when they return home, rather than bringing back heroic stories, all they carry are tawdry trophy photos. When these are discovered the dramatic consequences that ensue change both their lives irrevocably.
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Gerard Kearns and Matthew McNulty star in this hard-hitting drama from writer Tony Marchant and director Marc Munden…
- Includes disturbing scenes of sexual abuse, torture, violence, very strong language and flashing lights from the start
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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