Triage (film)

Triage is a 2009 drama film starring Colin Farrell, Paz Vega and Christopher Lee, written and directed by Bosnian director Danis Tanovi. The films plot is a dark tale of a photojournalist Farrell who comes home after a dangerous assignment in Kurdistan during the 1988 Anfal genocide against the Kurdish people. The film focuses on the psychological effects of war on a photo journalist. It is based on the novel Triage by American veteran war correspondent Scott Anderson.

Elena cant get Mark to talk about what he saw that left him so traumatized, so she invites her grandfather Joaquin Christopher Lee, a veteran psychoanalyst with military experience, for a visit to see if he can help. Joaquin struggles to get Mark to open up. The grandfathers presence ignites an old conflict between him and Elena the doctor was a supporter of Franco during the Spanish Civil War. He had helped Francos soldiers recover from the guilt of the atrocities they had committed in warfare. Elena had never been able to forgive him for his actions.The second half of the film depicts Joaquins patient persistence in getting Mark to face his own memories. Joaquin is particularly curious as to why Mark is more concerned with bringing bodies back to their families rather than survival or death. While Mark is drawing a picture of the area he and David were situated, Diane Kelly Reilly, Davids pregnant wife and Elena enter the apartment and Joaquin tells him he has to come clean with what happened. A flashback reveals that Mark followed David when he decided to leave early. While walking back to the Kurdish camp, they were shelled, which resulted in David losing both of his legs. Mark tried to carry him back. ........

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