Scene from the film UXO – unexploded ordnance
Scene from the film UXO – unexploded ordnance

UXO – unexploded ordnance

Direction
Year 
2010
Country
  • Germany
Duration
71min 
Subtitles 

Irregular high-pitched squeaks drown out the sounds of nature while Bảy crawls slowly through the brushwood. Highly focused, the nineteen-year old boy moves the metal detector close to the ground from right to left, left to right - his eyes following its movement. Slowly the reason for his actions reveals itself. Here in the province of Quảng Trị – the bitterly embattled borderline of the Vietnam War - Bảy, together with 40 recruits, is on the lookout for mines and bombs, which caused havoc nearly 30 years ago and continue to claim victims to this day. Besides their dangerous duty, Bảy and his comrades are just ordinary boys who for two years spend their days in the isolation of a military camp. Just before the military service, Bảy fell in love for the first time and now he waits for a letter from his girlfriend every day. Inside the camp a surrogate family has developed. Secret excursions at night and hidden smoking behind the washhouse are timid attempts to feel a bit of freedom. On the harsh threshold between the youthful love of adventure and the responsibility of a soldier, friendships have been made. The boys tell each other of their anxieties, dreams and longings.

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Details

  • Original title
    UXO – unexploded ordnance
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Julia Weingarten
  • DOP
    Julia Weingarten
  • Editing
    Lale Özdönmez
  • Sound
    Florian Marquardt
  • Duration
    71 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2010
  • Country
    • Germany
  • Production
      • Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (HFF) "Konrad Wolf"
      • Marlene-Dietrich Allee 11
      • D-14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg
      • Germany
      • web: http://www.hff-potsdam.de
  • Festivals
    • Nov 2010: Documentary Festival Kassel, Germany
    • May 2011: Sehsüchte-Festival Potsdam, Germany
    • May 2011: DOK.FEST, Documentary Festival Munich, Germany
    • August 2011: Montréal World Film Festival, Canada
    • September 2011: Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
  • Awards
    • award: Best Documentary, Sehsüchte-Festival Potsdam, Germany 2011
    • award: Best Cinematography, Sehsüchte-Festival Potsdam 2011
    • nominated "Goldener Schlüssel" Documentary Festival Kassel, Germany 2010
    • nominated „Goldenes Auge“, Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland 2011

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