Others must see what I don't. Jean Renoir's supposed classic has a
reputation as a great indictment of war. But the film does not make a
strong show of the deep cost of war in death and destruction. At most,
we see the burden placed upon the individual in war, but the ultimate
tragedy here is (again) an individual misfortune--not the colossal
tragedy of nations that WWI truly was. The story includes some
interesting ruminations on the folly of class consciousness, but nothing
that speaks directly to the modern viewer. Perhaps something gets lost
in the translation. You're on your own here.
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