October 1982: War is waged between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. A British soldier stumbles upon an Argentinean soldier. They share a few minutes of uneasy respite before national hostilities re-emerge.
Social & External
The people behind it
Kevin Knapman
Mark
Gael García Bernal
Jose Francisco
David Dayan Fisher
British Sergeant
Laurence Murray
Paratrooper
Stuart Crane
Soldier
Dave Judge
Shot Paratrooper
John Ninnis
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