Armadillo (film)

Armadillo is a Danish documentary film about Danish soldiers in the war in Afghanistan. The film follows a group of soldiers from the Guard Hussars Regiment who are on their first mission in Helmand Province at a forward operating base near Gereshk named FOB Armadillo. The film premired at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. It was awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique.

The film starts with the soldiers last days in Denmark before leaving for Afghanistan. Scenes include their emotional goodbyes as well as a party with a striptease dancer.They are posted for a sixmonth tour at Armadillo, a military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where some 270 Danish and British soldiers are based. ........

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